| JOLENE | Dolly Parton begged her not to take her man in 1973 (6) |
| RUBY | Kenny Rogers begged her not to take her love to town |
| BRONOWSKI | Polish-born scientist who wrote and presented the BBC TV series The Ascent of Man in 1973 (9) |
| NEWMOON | Book in which Bella Cullen rides a motorcyle in order to hallucinate visions of Edward telling her not to |
| KIKIDEE | Elton John asked her not to Go Breaking his Heart (4,3) |
| FRIEND | "To see her is a Picture, to hear her is a Tune, to know her an intemperance as innocent as June, to know her not, affliction. To own her for a ___, a warmth as near as if the Sun were shining in your |
| LESSER | Bless her not starting, having not so much (6) |
| ARNHEM | Her man turned up in a Dutch city (6) |
| SNIPER | A bird has the right to get her man from cover! (6) |
| SHERRY | Sorry or not, take her in for a drink (6) |
| PODIUM | Girl takes her turn in having to wipe over the platform (6) |
| REHEAT | Take her back, have some food and warm up again (6) |
| RATBAG | One who is despicable would rather take her out before one who is slovenly (6) |
| CHERUB | Junior reporter takes her in, a chubby-cheeked child (6) |
| EDITOR | Old queen takes her son's ex to my boss (6) |
| TEHRAN | Nathaniel takes her to the capital (6) |
| CARRIE | 1976 title role in which Sissy Spacek is doused in pigs' blood... and then takes her revenge |
| FUHRER | Former dictator takes her dancing, swathed in ermine? |
| SUMMER | Empty apology after firm takes her mum travelling to see a musical |
| MOTHER | That woman takes her cat everywhere! (6) |
