| COMEUNDONE | Burst a bosom button, perhaps |
| CRONY | A close friend or a bosom pal |
| INTIMATE | Suggest being like a bosom friend |
| ABRAZO | Spanish word for what is varyingly called a bosom, canoodle, complect, cuddle, cwtch, embrasure, halse, hug, nuzzle, snuggle or squeeze (6) |
| SEWS | Attaches a button, perhaps |
| SEW | Reattach a button, perhaps |
| RESET | Appliance button, perhaps |
| POP | (K) Burst a balloon |
| ABSTRACTNOUN | Cannot burst a new shape in anger, say |
| LEGUME | Member burst a blood vessel rejecting female veggie? (6) |
| SHATTEREDHOPE | Burst a bubble? |
| PAGE | Buttons, perhaps silver, appearing in drill (4) |
| SWELLWITHPRIDE | Bust one's buttons, perhaps |
| ETUI | Box with buttons, perhaps |
| GOAD | Push one's buttons, perhaps |
| SEERED | Burst a blood vessel when hoodwinked, if line be right |
| LOSEPATIENCE | Burst a blood vessel by the sound of it, when the doctors can't find who is sick (4,8) |
| ROBUST | Somehow burst a hole in, though, it's strong (6) |
| ICEAGE | Curry's partner burst a blood vessel, both lacking resistance when cold's prevalent (3,3) |
| WHITEFLAG | A few light bursts a sign of giving up? (5,4) |
