| HUGER | Embrace with hesitation, being so much bigger |
| OUTGREW | Became so much bigger, gut wore away. (7) |
| TANTOUBERIOR | Born to a true rogue, I admitted being so much the richer |
| SOBER | Weep with hesitation, being dignified? |
| DEMURER | Lodge a protest with hesitation, being more modest (7) |
| MANLIER | Developed Milan with hesitation, being less effeminate |
| SCRATCHER | What able person is up to with little hesitation, being a scorer? |
| SHEER | The woman has hesitation being transparent (5) |
| HUMID | Went to ground without hesitation, being close |
| NUMB | Three, maybe, without hesitation being insensitive (4) |
| SAUNTERER | Second relative repeated signs of hesitation, being one to potter (9) |
| HUGO | Victor gets embrace with love (4) |
| CARESS | Embrace with affection (6) |
| INVOLVE | Embrace with hot, very soppy love (7) |
| LOOKALIKE | See Hindu goddess in permitted embrace with Eastern twin? |
| HUGE | Enormous embrace with ogre at last |
| EAGERLY | ... turning, say, soon to embrace with desire |
| PASH | Embrace with great ardour (4) |
| DREDGER | Sort of greed medical man will embrace with craft (7) |
| VERBALHUG | Embrace with words, rather than arms |
