| MALEFACTOR | Rogue fine in embrace of man on stage (10) |
| WINETASTER | Expert on ports, 90, stripped in embrace of profligate spender (4,6) |
| GREATNIECE | Relative caught in embrace of teenager, I gathered (5-5) |
| COMPROMISE | Old male caught in embrace brings dishonour (10) |
| ALCOVE | Caught in embrace of a sweetheart: hole-in-the-wall affair (6) |
| PLATINUMBLONDE | Fair maiden in old novel held unfeeling in embrace of dish |
| ISLAND | Man, say, is new in embrace of woman, mostly |
| SWISS | Second dark man, fool, laid back in embrace of the missus, as multitasker (5,4,5) |
| MCADAM | Inventive Scotsman caught in embrace of precocious young girl (6) |
| GOLDMEDAL | Ancient compiler died in embrace of girl - first prize! (4,5) |
| SHUTEYE | Back in embrace of woman, still you soundly sleep |
| HANGERON | One follows passion in embrace of love (6-2) |
| TOMCAT | Host initially appeared in embrace of child and animal (6) |
| ADDER | Summer days in embrace of a European Romeo |
| MOLIERE | Playwright to rest in embrace of extra |
| RENAISSANCE | Awakening to find Asians strangely caught in embrace of Frenchman |
| TOPLESS | Revealing Oliver's first place in embrace of novel's heroine |
| TOLSTOY | Author places topless composer in embrace of flirt |
| PHILANDER | Flirt I catch in embrace of that woman behind piano |
| UNLEARN | Tragic figure in embrace of nun, struggling to forget |
