| LONELYHEARTS | Short of love, perhaps they learn solo? (6,6) |
| ROME | Italian city lover short of love (4) |
| FUNDAMENT | Good-time girl not short of love for Fanny (9) |
| PARTYANIMALS | Do take dogs perhaps, they love going out (5,7) |
| AREAOFANARIA | Crossworder's section of a solo? |
| THUNDERBOLTS | By Jupiter, perhaps they come as a real shock (12) |
| TREASUREHUNT | What you might have to do looking for love, perhaps? Chase darling from the start! (8,4) |
| FOOTIE | The game of love, perhaps, before you seal the knot |
| COURTSHIP | Popular type behind bar rooms - a labour of love perhaps (9) |
| OFTENEST | Celebration of love, perhaps, involving five couples most commonly (8) |
| ELECTRONICMUSIC | The food of love, perhaps with chips? (10,5) |
| PETPROJECTS | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| PETPROJECT | Labor of love, perhaps |
| PUPILS | They learn parts of the eye |
| TRAINEES | They learn there's lots of water in river |
| SCHOLARS | They learn of the sun's trapping carbon and hydrogen (8) |
| STUDENTS | Dwarfs stay extremely desirable, they learn (8) |
| NURSERYSLOPES | Creche lies at an angle where they learn winter sports (7,6) |
| VOLCANOES | They can erupt in anger or violence - so can love, perhaps (9) |
| ORIGINAL | The prototype of a girl in love, perhaps (8) |