| HELOISE | French abbess; pupil and lover of theologian Peter Abelard |
| HELOSIE | French abbess best known for her love affair and correspondence with scholastic theologian Peter Abe |
| ANTONY | Mark _, Roman politician and general; important supporter of Julius Caesar and lover of Cleopatra (6) |
| OPHELIA | Daughter of Polonius and lover of Hamlet |
| LANCELOT | Knight of the Round Table and lover of Queen Guinevere in Arthurian legend |
| ISOLDE | Heroine of Arthurian legend and lover of Tristan (6) |
| GUINEVERE | In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot (9) |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| ELVIS | Fat __, portly ___ and never seen ___ pal (and lover) of EastEnders" Big Mo Harris (5) |
| LYSITHEA | Moon of Jupiter discovered by US astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938, later named after an Oceanid and lover of Zeus (8) |
| WOODYHERMAN | Jazz bandleader and lover of forests? |
| ROCKYMARCIANO | Former heavyweight champ and lover of mountains? |
| GWYN | Actress and lover of Charles II |
| MARKANTONY | Roman politician and lover of Cleopatra |
| VITASACKVILLEWEST | Poet, garden designer, and lover of Virginia Woolf |
| PAULOGRADY | TV presenter and lover of dogs makes Gary upload (4,1'5) |
| LAMB | Lady Caroline ___ (1785- 1828), aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron (4) |
| HARLEQUIN | Comic servant and lover of Columbine in the commedia dell'arte |
| ACIS | Sicilian shepherd and lover of Galatea in Greek mythology (4) |
| SANDYKOUFAX | Ex-Dodger pitcher and lover of beaches? |
