| TISSUEPAPER | Ailing puss, I repeat, delicate thing (6,5) |
| SISYPHUS | He kept rolling up, panicking shy puss I homed |
| ATOMIC | Puss I caught after a minute (6) |
| PAINTEDLADY | Whistler's Mother, for example, a delicate thing |
| PRECIOUSMETAL | Delicate thing concealing unreliable source - I'm no lead! |
| SOLACE | Comfort very delicate thing (6) |
| SNOWFLAKE | Delicate thing currently getting criticism in some quarters (9) |
| PETAL | Dog perhaps, a beginner, delicate thing |
| CHINA | Punch a delicate thing (5) |
| CHANTILLYLACE | Soldier secured by cold spike, delicate thing! |
| GLACE | Topping on gateau, delicate thing candied (5) |
| LIGHT | Delicate thing that guides people at night (5) |
| EGGSHELL | Delicate thing, clutch a nightmare! (8) |
| UDDER | Eccentric rued holding principally delicate thing that can be squeezed? (5) |
| BRAKELIGHT | Reportedly, damage delicate thing at a vehicle's rear? (5,5) |
| BIJOU | Small and delicate thing |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | Pop's full of ache -- start of love, say, an awkward, delicate thing (5-4-4) |
| BONECHINA | Good! Aussie egg-layer hasn't died producing the delicate things |
| BUBBLEWRAP | Toddler blasted hip-hop cover for delicate things (6,4) |
| IBIS | I repeat: I have a large bill! |
