| MASQUERADE | Courtly entertainment, terribly dear, is a pretence |
| RESTIN | Our final wish is a pretence, it turns out (4,2,5) |
| MASQUE | Courtly entertainment |
| FEINT | Not all life in town is a pretence (5) |
| RHODESIA | Old African state? Oh dear, is in a state! |
| ATAPRICE | Had a meal on the outskirts of Capri: terribly dear (2,1,5) |
| ONTHEBREADLINE | Poor bishop with terribly dear parts at risk? |
| STARED | Looked, for best end, terribly dear |
| PRECIOUS | Rice soup - terribly dear (8) |
| ROEDEAN | School for girls, terribly dear one (7) |
| MEANDER | Terribly dear men wander aimlessly |
| CHERISH | Translated from French, dear: 'Is hard to love' |
| TIPPET | The top, dear, is under the fur (6) |
| RAIDERS | "Marauders," dear, is misspelt, with one R (7) |
| READER | The note, dear, is upsetting to the note's recipient (6) |
| MUMMY | 'Quiet, dear' is an example of preservation (5) |
| TRADE | Traffic at the West End, dear, is awful (5) |
| RAISED | Alternative, dear, is brought up (6) |
| THYMY | Your old dear is like Herb |
| PARODIES | O dear, is p the proper letter to start such satires? (8) |
