| GEORGIAOKEEFFE | Painter who said "To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time" |
| PATROL | Friend takes time gathering proof here and there for guard |
| PALMATURE | It is an abnormality to have a friend who is old (9) |
| MATURE | Old enough to have a friend round for half an hour (6) |
| HOBNOB | To talk informally with a friend takes the biscuit (6) |
| PALAVER | A friend takes Vera out for a long conference (7) |
| PALMA | Balearic location where a friend takes mother (5) |
| SATAY | Like to have a bit of a kip and something to eat (5) |
| THEODORADORNO | Frankfurt School philosopher who said, "To those who no longer have a homeland, writing becomes home" |
| PASOLINI | Poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo ___, who said, "To scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure" |
| END | "Grown-up Christmas List" was written by a person who wished for a world where "everyone would have a friend... and love would never ___" |
| SMITATE | I and a friend take it in to copy (7) |
| IMITATE | I and a friend take it in to copy (7) |
| GERARDDEPARDIEU | French actor who once said: "I'm happy with very little on this earth, but I do like to have a lot in my glass" (6,9) |
| BEAST | Like to have a wager about a horrid person (5) |
| ALVY | Singer who said to Annie, "Honey, there's a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick." |
| AIMEE | Girl who's said to have a master's degree (5) |
| ACUMEN | To end a prayer, you see, takes quickness of perception (6) |
| USUALLY | We have a friend round Uruguay most of the time (7) |
| TALLY | Have a friend to tea and you'll score (5) |