| BETROTHED | Hotter - remarkably - in place of love so promised to marry (9) |
| BADGERED | Bugged revolutionary raged in place of love (8) |
| EROS | God of love, therefore, about to escalate (4) |
| ASAFRIEND | "I'm saying this from a place of love..." |
| OPINE | Express an opinion of love then languish with longing (5) |
| ORATE | Speak of love, then scold! (5) |
| LOSTHEART | Fell in love, so to speak, but became discouraged? (4,5) |
| STROMATIC | In rhetoric, application of a word to multiple others of which only one is grammatically suited, e.g. have in he and they have promised to behave (9) |
| ONTHENOSE | With love, then, one's out to win (2,3,4) |
| LOSEHEART | Fall in love then give up hope! |
| MILLSBOMB | Soldier's arm troubles nursed by one doctor with love, then another (5,4) |
| UNDERTOOK | Promised to deal with nasty Kent odour (9) |
| COMMITTED | Promised to be taken into custody (9) |
| AFFIANCED | Promised to go into the union (9) |
| SWEETCORN | Promised to swallow ecstasy et cetera, or a vegetable |
| IFELT | "Fools Rush In where wise men never go, but wise men never fall in love so how are they to know? When we met _ _ _ _ _ my life begin, so open up your heart and let this fool rush in." j -Ricky Nelson |
| ATALANTA | Character in Greek mythology who promised to marry any man that could run faster than her (8) |
| ENGAGED | Promised to marry |
| ALAS | "___, that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!": "Romeo and Juliet" |
| IDAHO | I had been in love so I'm in this state |
