| LIGHTOLOVE | Reluctant to return, in turn embraced by active, flighty woman |
| DOWER | Sort of house wife embraced by active type |
| FLIBBERTIGIBBET | Flighty woman and fellow politician live by river with elder up in Tibet (15) |
| REFOCUS | Uniform adopted by active forces to divert one's attention |
| COALITION | Fossil fuel - it is reduced by half by active alliance (9) |
| FLIRT | Related to "talk sweet nothings", a word with early senses including "blow, dally, flick, flighty woman, giddy girl, jerk, jibe, joke, scoff, sneer", now "one who plays at courtship" (5) |
| AVIATRIX | American travelling through square heard Rick's flighty woman from the past (8) |
| STRIKINGFORCE | Conspicuous influence exerted by active troops (8,5) |
| ADOPTER | A point taken on board by active person who extends a family welcome? |
| AVID | Marked by active interest and enthusiasm (4) |
| RAIDERS | Travellers intercepted by active thieves (7) |
| DIAMOND | Damn typhoid mutated by active Australian snake (7,6) |
| PYTHON | Damn typhoid mutated by active Australian snake (7,6) |
| AMAZON | A complex network reduced by active internet seller (6) |
| LIVEWITH | Stand by active leads (4,4) |
| STRATA | Beds used by active working girls when retiring |
| PROTOPLASM | Power and work accepted by active mortals - that's the stuff of life (10) |
| DIAMONDPYTHON | Damn typhoid mutated by active snake (7,6) |
| OLIVEOIL | Fat spectacles worn by active Italian (5,3) |
| GLORIA | __ Price, flighty woman who lives with daughter Stella and granddaughter Eva on Coronation Street (6 |
