| EYETOOTH | Earl thus far loves the docked canine (3,5) |
| HASABALL | Loves, loves, loves the occasion |
| DOGOODER | Say setter loves the German sort affecting virtue? |
| ROYAYERS | Late jazz-funk pioneer noted for his track Everybody Loves The Sunshine (3,5) |
| UXORIOUS | Luxor gets rid of inexperienced driver with letters of credit provided obsessively loves the wife (8 |
| CREATIVE | Hawken loves the interaction between science, techno geeks, and writers and ... minds. (8) |
| ORDINARY | 2025 song by American singer- songwriter Alex Warren that is the longest-running number one song on the UK Singles Chart of the 20205 thus far (8) |
| FINALIST | Thus far successful competitor's forte popular among the top stars |
| HITHERTO | Great success or the failing thus far (8) |
| TEAPARTY | Social affair thus far coming up, cut by a fraction (3,5) |
| UNTILNOW | Thus far Auntie, ill and down with no clothing . . . . (5,3) |
| NOTASYET | "Thus far, no" |
| EMAILING | Sending a message, the docked Australian bird is not well (8) |
| BELLYACHE | Gripe with 6 revealing the docked pleasure boat (9) |
| RUG | I'm the one in the room that loves the vacuum. What am I? A ___ |
| ADORES | Loves the commercial with the rambling rose (6) |
| NAPALM | What Bill Kilgore loves the smell of in the morning |
| SHEGETS | In The Lady Is A Tramp, Frank Sinatra explained, "... too hungry for dinner at eight; She loves the |
| EIGHT | "She gets too hungry for dinner at ...; She loves the theatre but doesn't come late; She never bothers with people she'd hate; That's why the lady is a tramp" |
| OSCARFACE | ... a gangster who loves the Academy Awards? |