| WEARTHETROUSERS | Be the dominant party in a marriage (4,3,8) |
| SHORTTROUSERS | Dominant party in relationship wouldn't wear these for attire in Bermuda (5,8) |
| PLANETOFTHEAPES | 1968 film set in a post apocalyptic wor1d where humans are no longer the dominant species (6,2,3,4) |
| TOP | Be the dominant partner, in queer parlance |
| NAVE | When processing to the altar in a marriage ceremony, the bride is walking up this part of the church |
| UNIONLEADER | The one who wears the pants in a marriage? (5,6) |
| ADULTERER | Name for the person who cheated in a marriage! (9) |
| NEE | Word that may precede a maiden name in a marriage announcement |
| MARTIAL | Like fighting in a marriage, taking sexual attraction the wrong way (7) |
| SPOUSE | One of the two persons in a marriage or civil partnership (6) |
| BRIDLE | Restraint in a marriage should be called out (6) |
| VOWS | Solemn promises made in a marriage ceremony (4) |
| GROOM | Participant in a marriage ceremony |
| OBEY | One-time word in a marriage vow |
| AISLE | Word in a marriage metaphor |
| TROTH | Pledge, as in a marriage service (5) |
| INAMORATA | Lover's in a marriage basically, or one troubled initially, acting (9) |
| FRELIMO | The dominant political party in Mozambique, founded in 1962 |
| RAVE | From "show signs of madness", a word for wildly enthusiastic praise; a fad, fashion or passionate infatuation; a lively dance party in a field or warehouse; or, the techno, trance or other electronic |
| WESTERNROLL | The dominant high jumping technique before the more efficient straddle replaced it in the 1950s |