| ATTENUATE | Start off fat, then lose husband? You brew tea and become thin (9) |
| POTPOURRI | Something to brew tea and serve it? Right, one fragrant blend |
| TRIM | Diet and become thin |
| BRAISING | Cooking (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering (8) |
| ASTRONAUT | Aunt Rosa comes to tea and becomes spaced-out |
| EMACIATE | I came up to brew tea and dry up (8) |
| ITCHED | Irritated, being married, to lose husband (6) |
| TALON | Nola has tea and becomes hooked on it (5) |
| DOTING | Adoring party. Object - lose husband |
| HUSHED | Husband, you heard, cast off and told to be quiet (6) |
| HUFF | Husband you heard is very loud and in bad mood (4) |
| RHYS | Rich husband you seek? Look first for a Welshman (4) |
| EDGE | Security guard loses husband advantage (4) |
| FESTERING | Going off a heartless foe who finds the pound, then loses a pound (9) |
| SEASHELLS | He too audibly shares all these lessons, and then loses out to tongue twister? (3,5,9,2,3,8) |
| HIBERNATE | Burn off fat, perhaps |
| GOBANANAS | Be given fruit, then lose it (2,7) |
| SWITCHOFF | Send first charmer away then lose interest (6,3) |
| DESIGNATE | Specify plan and then brew tea (9) |
| THEORISER | One speculates then loses backing, with increase in gold |
