| ESSAYING | I lived with my first girlfriend in a small place in Nye -- we split up after things finally became trying (8) |
| INDIANQUEENS | I lived with my second husband and our daughter in the centre of Torquay, then, after we split up, we got a place in Sennen, and then finally I got myself a place about a mile from Penhale (6,6) |
| TIEBREAK | A way to complete set that's split up after a short time |
| FIREPOOL | I lived with my father in Poole before I got my own place in Taunton (8) |
| DIANE | Jack's girlfriend, in a "little ditty" by John Mellencamp |
| WEDGE | Married first girlfriend - in the end inexperience was what drove them apart (5) |
| ALI | "My toughest fight was with my first wife" speaker |
| LIMO | Oil change with my first car (4) |
| APLASIA | Problem with organ in a small place above huge space (7) |
| ASCOT | Meeting in a small place of rest (5) |
| OHISEENOW | "Things finally add up!" |
| RHESUSES | These Foolish Things finally played in devices for monkeys |
| CATCHABREAK | Have things finally go one's way |
| POUNDISFORD | I lived with a professor in Suddon, but then we split up and now I've got my own place near Pitminster (11) |
| NETHERAVON | My first husband, a leading novelist, lived in Trevone, but after we split up he moved to a place near Durrington (10) |
| TUNLEY | My first husband was from Huntley -- after we split up, I got a place in Camerton (6) |
| NEEDED | My first girlfriend was from Edge End -- when we split up, a big adjustment was required (6) |
| LOGIC | I met my first girlfriend at a top college in mid-Wales and we fell in love -- I was studying a branch of philosophy (5) |
| BRENTOR | My first husband, a leading auditor, was from Harberton -- after we split up, he moved to a place near Mary Tavy (7) |
| ACERBIC | My first boyfriend had a house right in the centre of Criccieth -- right after we split up, things turned very sour (7) |