| MORSEL | Inspector left a dainty piece of food |
| ELFIN | Dainty piece of marzipan if left over |
| BIJOU | Dainty piece of delicate workmanship |
| PINNER | A dainty apron; a maker of tacks for temporarily fastening cloth; either of a pair of lappets of a lady's white linen indoor cap; or, the cloth hat itself (6) |
| GOODY | A dainty, delicacy, sweetmeat or other "bon" treat; a child's exclamation of delight; a heroine or hero, saving one from a plight; an estimable or humble married woman of yore's address; or, a sanctim |
| SPRITE | From "breath", word for an elf, sylph or water fairy, thus a dainty or impish person; otherwise, a blue riverdamsel; a flash of red lightning; a green woodpecker; or, a spayed ferret (6) |
| PRETTY | From "clever, crafty, good, neat, skilful, sporty", word for the fairway of a golf course, the fluted part of a glass or a knick-knack; or, one regarded as attractive in a dainty, delicate or graceful |
| MAIDOFHONOUR | Named after the title of a queen or princess's unmarried lady attendant, a dainty English tart with an almond or sweetened milk curd filling, said to have been a favourite of Henry VIII, at Hampton Co |
| DILEMMA | Detective Inspector left Emma a predicament (7) |
| TITBIT | Songbird nibbled a dainty morsel of food (6) |
| DILIGENT | Inspector left one figure that's courteous and hard-working (8) |
| REMORSELESS | Callous inspector left among mysterious seers (11) |
| DISPLACE | Take over from inspector left in room (8) |
| DILEMMAS | Detective Inspector left Emma with small predicaments (8) |
| SMEW | Related to "widgeon" or "small wild duck", a dainty diver commonly referred to as a white nun or a redhead when male or female respectively (4) |
| APPETITE | Hunger of pensioner primarily tucking into a dainty |
| LAP | Have a dainty drink from a bowl |
| CHERVIL | Umbelliferous herb resembling a dainty version of Italian parsley (7) |
| SIPS | Takes a dainty drink of |
| MOSEL | A dainty bit to eat a€“ run out for wine (5) |
