| MALAR | Of or relating to the cheek or cheekbone (5) |
| BLOOM | An open bud; a rosy colour; a healthy glow to the cheeks or complexion; or, a powdery coating on chocolate, grapes or plums (5) |
| BUCCAL | Relating to the cheek (6) |
| ROUGE | Cosmetic for the cheeks or lips traditionally made with safflower; or, French red wine (5) |
| NERVE | Cheek, or another part of the body (5) |
| MOUTH | Cheek, or something close to it (5) |
| OPPIE | Nickname for the nuclear physicist with perhaps the most chiseled cheekbones of all time |
| CAVEN | Fitzroy defender whose cheekbone was broken by Tony Lockett in 1994, Peter ... (5) |
| POUCH | Bag to which a hamster's cheek or a kangaroo's marsupium is likened (5) |
| DIMPLE | A small hollow or dent in the flesh, especially in the cheeks or chin |
| DIMPLES | Hollows in the cheek or chin (7) |
| TEMPLE | The flat portion on either side of the head above the cheekbone (6) |
| NOSEBAND | Part of a horse's bridle attached to the cheek straps (8) |
| RIBALD | Bringing a blush to the cheek, maybe |
| IMPERTINENCE | I'm mostly applicable to edges of cuticle, cheek or lip |
| LANTERN | ____ jaws give a hollow appearance to the cheeks |
| BLUSHER | Cosmetic applied to the cheeks (7) |
| ROUGES | Applies color to the cheeks |
| CHAP | A pig's cheek; or, from "buyer, customer, pedlar", a word for a boy, fellow or ordinary man; or, endearingly, a mucker, old bean, old fruit etc (4) |
| LIP | Cheek, or something close to it (3) |
