| DEAREST | There were tears when my sweetheart left Dorchester - I was distraught, he was my beloved (7) |
| THUS | When my sweetheart left Shute, I was upset as a result (4) |
| TOPSHAM | Last summer, my sweetheart left Portesham and moved to a place near Exeter (7) |
| ONTHECHEAP | Distraught, he can't hope to get off lightly (2,3,5) |
| NORTH | "He was my ..., my South, my East and West / My working week and my Sunday rest" (Auden) |
| MAGISTERERAT | He was my teacher; eg Naso ____ ____, Ars Am. 2.744, 3.812 |
| ALFREDNOBEL | "He was my prize student" |
| ROMANCE | When the love went out of it, Carmen was distraught (7) |
| LEIPZIG | The last letter I sent to my sweetheart, a GP who has a large place in the centre of Devizes, was about organising our trip to a place in Germany (7) |
| ENTHRAL | I'm taking my sweetheart to a large hotel near West Tockenham in order to get her full attention (7) |
| IGNOBLE | My sweetheart and I long to return to Bournemouth -- we've changed a lot, but we are from humble origins (7) |
| BELOVED | Sweetheart left almost finished in sack (7) |
| DARLING | It's daring to hug first Lady, my beloved! (7) |
| PINKEYE | I had to take my sweetheart to the GP right in the centre of Liskeard last Monday -- it turned out she had conjunctivitis (4-3) |
| CORAZON | "My beloved," to a Latin lover |
| UPSWEPT | Delivery service was in tears when carried higher (7) |
| GREETED | Was in tears when one welcomed them in (7) |
| OPINION | Cause of tears when knife is wielded, with unusual number arrested getting conviction (7) |
| PLASTER | Perhaps Band Aid record brought back tears when broadcast (7) |
| ALISTER | Top celebrity left one in tears when working |
