| EXCITES | Thrills referred to by former partner (7) |
| HAMLETS | Tiny villages, once referred to by Shakespeare? (7) |
| CHIGNON | Hair bun, referred to by Agatha Christie (7) |
| EXTORTS | By intimidation, obtains revenue initially kept by former partner with children (7) |
| EXCLAIM | Cry over what was staked by former partner (7) |
| EXPENSE | Cost of writing instruments collected by former partner, Eastern (7) |
| EXALTED | Placed high by former partner, misdealt (7) |
| OLDWIFE | One spawned by former partner (7) |
| EXTRACT | Remove from religious pamphlet by former partner (7) |
| EXCLUDE | Bar indicated cryptically in conversation by former partner (7) |
| EXACTLY | Precisely perform first two parts of lyric by former partner (7) |
| EXPANSE | Wide area used by former partner with vessel getting directions (7) |
| VINTAGE | The wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, referred to by the year involved (7) |
| OYSTERS | Pearl-forming molluscs or "huitres", referred to by Pistol in The Merry Wives of Windsor (7) |
| OVERTON | Window much referred to by political analysts when discussing the limits of mainstream views? (7) |
| OPACITY | Obscureness of article in work referred to by unknown |
| PADTHAI | Notebook referred to by Asian making noodle dish |
| LEROGUE | Renault are commonly referred to by this name (2,5) |
| NITROGEN | Referred to by Antoine Lavoisier as azote, chemical element, atomic number 7 that is essential to life (8) |
| CALLEDROUND | Having been referred to by as "plump," went to see |
