| SAMARITAN | Frank Sinatra protected a maiden, he was kind hearted (9) |
| ADMONISHED | Handsome boy grabbing maiden - he would get given slap on the wrist? |
| MESH | With maiden he's besotted ___ so get engaged (4) |
| AVUNCULAR | Kind-hearted - as a relative? (9) |
| MELLOWEST | Most kind-hearted maiden with greeting for Cockney bridge player |
| TENDEREST | Most kind-hearted offer is translated into French (9) |
| INVISIBLE | Unseen kind-hearted sister, say, confined by the loathsome (9) |
| HUMANRACE | People join kind-hearted event (5,4) |
| CONTENDER | Cheat kind-hearted adversary |
| STROKED | Was number eight in boat and was kind to pet (7) |
| DICKPIUS | Pope who was kind of a jerk? |
| HUNTER | Watch, with face protected, a horse used in the chase (6) |
| CASTLED | Players, shown the way, protected a king somehow (7) |
| HAMPER | That chap protected a politician with red basket (6) |
| DAWKINS | Atheistic zoologist was kind to solvers (7) |
| DIDGOOD | ...was kind of sound, served first (3,4) |
| TREATEDWELL | Was kind to have purified bore (7,4) |
| TYPE | To put it on the keyboard was kind (4) |
| SORTOF | Was kind to an old fellow, as it were (4,2) |
| SKI | Runner was kind at heart (3) |
