| SIGNIFICANTOTHER | Person with whom one has a serious relationship |
| ALCOHOLIC | One has a serious problem with 14 (9) |
| TARANTULA | Thanks to natural evolution, it has a serious bite (9) |
| ALLERGY | Emmerdale's Jacob Gallagher has a serious _ to peanuts (7) |
| SOULMATE | Person with whom one has a profound affinity (8) |
| KINDRED | _ spirit, a person with whom one has something in common (7) |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | A person with whom one has something in common (7,6) |
| BOYFRIEND | A man with whom one has a steady, romantic, relationship (9) |
| CUSTOMER | A buyer, consumer, patron, punter, regular or shopper; or, a person, perhaps tough or tricky, with whom one has dealings (8) |
| PARTNER | One of a pair of players on the same side in a card game; or, a person with whom one dances (7) |
| OLDFLAME | A person with whom one once had a romantic relationship (3,5) |
| YESMAN | Inferior with whom one has only a nodding acquaintance? |
| COMPANION | From the Old French literally meaning "one who breaks bread with another", a fellow/person with whom one frequently associates (9) |
| COLLEAGUE | A person with whom one works with (9) |
| SPARRINGPARTNER | Friend with whom one has lively arguments (8,7) |
| ALLY | Nation with whom one has an accord (4) |
| ROOMMATE | Person with whom one shares a room or lodging (8) |
| BEDFELLOW | Person with whom one shares a bed (9) |
| CELLMATE | Person with whom one shares a prison cell (8) |
| DOUBLECROSS | Betray a person with whom one is supposedl cooperating (6-5) |
