| EVERYOTHER | Alternate anaesthetic to suppress true love? (5,5) |
| NUMBERTWO | Buzz notably with anaesthetic to suppress (6,3) |
| PARTRIDGES | Dozen given by a true love? |
| PUTTINGOUT | Annoying by administering an anaesthetic to (7,3) |
| ARCTOPHILE | Gay Charlie's fed up with Mary Jane, Rupert's his true love? |
| FIVE | According to the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas (1909), how many gold rings were sent to the true love? (4) |
| MAKEOUT | Manage ? to administer the anaesthetic to? (4,3) |
| TARA | Scarlett's true love? |
| ROUTINE | Run-of-the-mill in true love? (7) |
| TONSILHOCKEY | Start of true love? Licks honey, prepared for French kissing (6,6) |
| SEDATE | Administer an anaesthetic to |
| EPIDURAL | An injection of anaesthetic to control pain during childbirth (8) |
| LOCAL | With anaesthetic to follow, the pub isn't far away (5) |
| ETHERISE | Administer an anaesthetic to; site here (anag.) (8) |
| DRUG | Give an anaesthetic to (4) |
| REMEMBERME | "Are you going to Scarborough Fair; Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; ... to one who lives there; For once she was a true love of mine" (8,2) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Type of bird my true love gave to me on the second day of Christmas |
| FROGPRINCE | Royal damsel's true love in a Brothers Grimm tale |
| APARTRIDGE | What my true love sent on the first day of Christmas (1,9,2,1,4,4) |
| SWEETHEART | True love (10) |
