| SIDEARMS | Agitated miss protected loved one from weapons (4,4) |
| BEREAVE | Take a loved one from |
| ARMOURED | Protected from weapons |
| NEARMISS | Narrow escape from weapon, one that cuts head (4,4) |
| CATAPULT | Sect conceals a blow from weapon (8) |
| BALLISTA | Ill with a stab wound from weapon in Rome |
| SALVO | Discharge of fire from weapons in unison (5) |
| ARMOR | Protective and defensive covering worn to shield the body from weapons |
| GOODBYEK | Request from a loved one at the airport, perhaps |
| REINDEER | Cupid's one means of controlling loved one we hear (8) |
| SLINGONESHOOK | Move away from weapon one brandished |
| NEWSFLASH | A Petty Officer, missing from weapons training, to signal an unexpected report (9) |
| ARMOUR | Word, from "weapons, tools", for the defensive bards, chain mail, garniture, iron cladding, panoply, shell, shield etc of a horse, knight, military vehicle or termite-eating pichiciego (6) |
| DEADHEAT | Loved one mostly hated tailored tie (4,4) |
| TREASURE | Oddly target a certain loved one (8) |
| INTENDED | At home, cared for loved one |
| OVERDONE | Topless paramour getting close to loved one is immoderate (8) |
| SERENADE | Written for a loved one and endears the Easterner completely (8) |
| BEREAVED | Having lost a loved one |
| YAHRZEIT | Anniversary of the death of a loved one (Yiddish) (8) |
