| EXALTS | Praises a former partner at last (6) |
| EXTOLS | Praises a former partner who gets lost (6) |
| EXITING | Leaving with a former partner at one time, in good order (7) |
| FINALLY | Start to feel at home with partner, at last |
| HASBEEN | Is apiarist swapping partners at last, bringing in ex-celeb? (3-4) |
| ANNEXE | New wing built for a former partner, apparently (6) |
| FARROW | Acclaimed actress who was a former partner of Woody Allen, Mia _ (6) |
| LAUDA | Praise a former racing champion (5) |
| EXTOL | Praise a former disorderly lot (5) |
| NIKILAUDA | Hear Minaj praise a former racer (4,5) |
| SEAMER | Some praise a mercurial bowler (6) |
| TEDEUM | Which Latin hymn of praise, a part of several liturgies, contains the verse Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur(All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting)? (2.4) |
| EXPEL | Get rid of former partner at empty place on line (5) |
| EXILE | Former partner at off-shore location reportedly, has been deported |
| EXCRETE | Eliminate former partner at island location |
| EXIST | Continue to live with former partner at first (5) |
| HAILSACABBAGE | Praises a prizewinner at the county fair produce contest? |
| EXE | Last June, a former partner of mine drowned in the river by the cliffs at Brampford Speke (3) |
| AXE | Sack a former partner wanting a rise |
| EXHAUSTED | Former partner at German residence attends regularly, though they're utterly jaded |
