| EMERALDS | Just mere lads but they look precious in my eyes (8) |
| FAIRPOND | For Spooner, this would be just mere monogamy (4-4) |
| ULTRAVOX | British new wave band whose hits include 'Vienna' (1981) and 'Dancing with Tears in My Eyes' (1984) (8) |
| HEGEMONY | What is so precious in the honey is what dominates it (8) |
| RICESOUP | Remake of the 2009 film "Precious" in which people cook basmati in broth? |
| EMERALD | Just a mere lad but how precious! (7) |
| DELAMARE | A mere lad, novel poet (2,2,4) |
| MASTER | A mere lad but an expert (6) |
| SPIT | "___ in my mouth, look in my eyes" ("WAP" lyrics) |
| LANE | "Penny ___ is in my ears and in my eyes" |
| PENNY | Place "in my ears and in my eyes" [blin... |
| ARMS | "For I'm dancing with tears in my eyes; 'Cause the girl in my ... isn't you" |
| NOTA | "___ cloud in the sky, Got the sun in my eyes ...": Carpenters lyric |
| MITCHELL | "You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without |
| ASODA | Bette Midler "I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes, I want a ___ and a souvenir" |
| ATRIP | "Let me take you on ___..." ("World in My Eyes" opening) |
| ILET | "___the Stars Get in My Eyes" (1953 country hit) |
| MUSTI | "How ___ forget these lonesome tears in my eyes" |
| ITALIC | I'm the type that's inclined to get talc in my eyes (6) |
| PALLADIUM | At this stage, in London it's precious in jewellery (9) |
