| OBITER | Old tart - with half a heart, incidentally |
| PIE | Short word for a black-and-white bird from which a "paint" horse with a similarly coloured coat derives its name; or, a type of sweet or savoury tart with a pastry top crust (3) |
| SOU | A bit of old tart without the base |
| BEGIN | Start with half a beer with a gin to follow |
| LOBOTOMY | Fling with old tart ending in nudity ? it could be full frontal! |
| SOUR | Almost convinced about old tart |
| 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 |
| BAKEWELLPUDDING | A flan or tart with a filling of almond paste and strawberry jam that is a speciality of Derbyshire (8,7) |
| IRMA | Movie tart with a heart |
| UTAS | Lost eight days of a festival, with half a day up |
| EATEN | Having dined, took each half with half a score (5) |
| SOURABAYA | Tart with a horse getting a major settlement in Java (9) |
| QUICHE | A baked flan or tart with a savoury filling (6) |
| SONNETEER | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day with half a career as linesman? (9) |
| WILLIAMANDMARY | In the old days they were happy with half-a-crown each (7,3,4) |
| LORRAINE | Quiche ____, a French tart with a filling made of cream, eggs and bacon or ham (8) |
| BHOPAL | Indian city where a 1984 leak of toxic gas caused the death of several thousand people, with half a million affected (6) |
| TTT | Game with half a dozen winning lines found in this puzzle |
| DEMISE | Ending with half a point - Europe's first (6) |
| HOCUS | Deceive with half a conjuring spell |
