| SWEETHEART | The loved one is a good person holding little courage (10) |
| STAGEHAND | Theatre assistant is a good person, at times takes responsibility (9) |
| COWARD | Playwright Noel is one of little courage (6) |
| OVERDONE | Topless paramour getting close to loved one is immoderate (8) |
| HEART | Pressman's no small courage? (5) |
| CIGAR | 'There are two things worth living for: one is a good _____, the other is a better one' Raul Julia (5) |
| EARWIG | My little one is a good listener to something 'hairy' (6) |
| COMPETITOR | Rival firm getting more pruned, holding little in France |
| POSSESSIVE | Selfish models holding small bags at the back, I have to follow (10) |
| SWEETPEA | Garden flower for a good person holding the small ape roughly (5,3) |
| SNUFFBOXES | Containers for holding small quantities of powdered tobacco (10) |
| SWEETTOOTH | Saint, holding small canine perhaps, has a sugar craving (5,5) |
| SCOT | 9, say, a good person holding firm (4) |
| ASCOT | Course of a good person holding firm |
| PETTER | A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one (6) |
| DEVOTIONAL | Sacred ruin violated, holding small number back |
| ACCENTUATE | Draw attention to expert holding small coin and cross up |
| COATOFARMS | Senator taking over maybe holding small insignia (4,2,4) |
| EVELYNWAUGH | "You'll never find an Englishman among the under-dogs - except in England, of course," wrote The Loved One author (6,5) |
| FRIEND | Devil-dodger finally buried in "The Loved One" (6) |
