| CUDDLE | Hold close to show affection, as in the alternative name for heartsease or wild pansy: come-and-___-me! (6) |
| KNEADS | Shows affection, as a cat might with its paws |
| NEIGHBOURS | Is close to show (10) |
| MEET | Alternative and obscure common name for heartsease (Viola tricolor) is '___-her-in-theentry-kiss-her-in-the-buttery'! (4) |
| PANSY | Another name for heartsease |
| STORGE | Greek-derived word for natural or instinctual affection, as of parents for their children, or vice versa (6) |
| HOLDINGHANDS | Showing affection, as card players are |
| CANINE | The alternative name for members of the dog family. It's also the name for the cuspid or eye tooth in mammals, which is any of the single-cusped (pointed), usually single-rooted teeth adapted for tear |
| BASE | Lowest part or edge of something, as in ___ rocket (the alternative name for wild mignonette, Reseda lutea) (4) |
| CLUBSTEAK | What is the alternative name for a cut of beef from the front end of the short loin that's named aft |
| ICHNEUMON | What is the alternative name for the Egyptian mongoose, or a type of wasp? (9) |
| IDLENESS | Love-in-___, flower also known as the wild pansy or heartsease (8) |
| ROOKS | What is the alternative name for the chess pieces known as castles? (5) |
| SALTPETRE | What is the alternative name for potassium nitrate, a substance used in preserving meat? (9) |
| OLDS | Lump of earth, especially clay, and one of the alternative names for burdock (Arctium lappa) is the ___ bur (4) |
| ART | Expression, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful or appealing, as in artemisia and heartsease (3) |
| VITUS | St. ---, 3rd-century child martyr after whom the alternative name for Sydenham's chorea is named (5) |
| BLATHERSKATE | Given here in the alternative spelling, what is someone given to empty and voluble talk? (12) |
| CLASP | An ornament to hold close to one (5) |
| HUG | Hold close to the heart |
