| HUMANKINDNESS | The milk of ___ ___ : compassionate nature (5,8) |
| PAIN | I feel your ___ (compassionate words) |
| SOFTCENTRED | Having a compassionate nature (4-7) |
| MILKOFHUMANKINDNESS | Monk's life's shaped to protect our species, showing compassionate nature (4,2,5,8) |
| CHEESE | Food, such as Comte or Vacherin Mont d'Or, made in fruitieres from the milk of French Simmental cows; or, the idiomatic opposite of "chalk" (6) |
| UDDER | The organ that holds the milk of cows and goats |
| UFO | With the milk of human kindness return the aerial (3) |
| UHF | With the milk of human kindness return the aerial (3) |
| CHEVRE | French word for a goat and the cheese made from the milk of such (6) |
| SPIGNEL | The umbelliferous plant "meu" or "baldmoney", whose curry-tasting foliage and seeds are said to have made it unpopular with dairy farmers as it flavoured the milk of their cows (7) |
| WENSLEYDALE | Type of crumbly cheese made from the milk of cows (formerly ewes) (11) |
| EDAM | Cheese made from the milk of Friesian cows |
| LACTOSE | Sugar occurring in the milk of all mammals (7) |
| FETA | Cheese made from the milk of goats or sheep |
| ACTI | When Lady Macbeth says "the milk of human kindness" |
| MAGNESIA | Milk of ___ (Pharmacy item) |
| LADYMACBETH | Shakespearean whose soliloquy includes: "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness ...' (4,7) |
| GRAVY | A spicy dressing of broth, milk of almonds and wine/ale in medieval cuisine, today a sauce of thickened meat juices from the roasting pan (5) |
| SHAK | Source of the phrases "cakes and ale" and "milk of human kindness": Abbr. |
| ACID | Target of milk of magnesia |
