| NAMBYPAMBIES | Those who are weak and too emotional |
| SUNTZU | "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak" writer |
| THROUGHSTRENGTH | "Peace ----- ------- " the foundation of Reagan's foreign policy, "We know only too well that war comes... when [the forces of freedom are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted." -Ronald Reagan, 1 |
| ALSO | Too emotional, softening in the middle (4) |
| OVERREACT | Actor ever performing, to give too emotional a response (9) |
| OVEREXCITED | Maiden, possibly former lover, quoted as being too emotional (11) |
| ITHINKSO | Drunken oiks are weak inside? That's my view |
| RAILINGS | Fences are weak set in circles (8) |
| IMPS | Troublemakers are weak types, lacking weight |
| DARKDAYS | Times when even the leading lights are weak? (4,4) |
| SAPPY | Too emotional |
| WEIRD | “One of God's own prototypes. [...] Too ____ to live, and too rare to die.” (Hunter S Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) |
| SHOUTTHEODDS | Talk too much and too loudly (5,3,4) |
| OVERLARGE | Too big and too old to hold hands (9) |
| BLANKETCOVERAGE | Advertising strategy devoid of ideas and such like, and too old |
| OVERAMBITIOUS | Sadly I'm too abusive around Republican and too power-hungry |
| OVERCAST | ... and too many players, at some stage, are under a cloud (8) |
| IMPERCEPTIBLE | Climb tree, pipe being broken and too small (13) |
| TWEE | Ultimate character in ballet - small and too sentimental |
| RICOTTA | Lots of grain and too much American dairy produce |
