| ENAMOURED | In love with awful Unionist, dear me no! (9) |
| MADREPORE | Dear me! PRO dispersed coral (9) |
| REMAINDER | Balance poor in paper's last piece, dear me! |
| EMMERDALE | Dear me, elm replaced for ITV soap (9) |
| MEANDERED | Dear me, Ned - how he wandered about! (9) |
| DREAMTEAM | "Dear me, Mat, could you be in the ideal set" (5,4) |
| EXPENSIVE | Dear me - maiden's left cross and broody (9) |
| ADDRESSEE | Dear me! (9) |
| READYMADE | 'Dear me, the day has come to pass for off-the-peg' (5,4) |
| ASK | "___ me no questions and I'll tell you no lies" |
| LIES | "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no ___" |
| GRETAGARBO | Abide With Me no hymn for this actress? |
| TELL | Ask me no questions, I'll ___ you no lies, expression (4) |
| SOITSCOMETOTHIS | "I see you've left me no no choice" |
| WIZ | "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" musical, with "The" |
| HOPE | "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me, no _ _ _ _, no harm, just another false alarm", The Smiths (4) |
| HARM | "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me/no hope, no _ _ _ _, just another false alarm", The Smiths (4) |
| STEEP | Dear me, leader missing in action (5) |
| ALIAS | Aka - oh, dear me - one being involved in it (5) |
| OHMS | Dear me, manuscript is received with a measure of resistance (4) |
