| WANE | Vanish with a lonely heart (4) |
| GOAHEAD | Being energetic, vanish with a loaf (2-5) |
| PEARLSBEFORESWINDLE | Con man's strategy with a lonely widow? |
| MAYTAG | Brand with a lonely repairman |
| GSOH | A lonely heart's shorthand way of expressing their desire for someone who can bring amusement, joy and laughter into a relationship (1,1,1,1) |
| BETH | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" author Nguyen |
| NONE | Number lonely heart has to hold? (4) |
| YES | Band that had a #1 hit with "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| CLUB | Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts ___ Band, Beatles album (4) |
| LETO | Jared who co-starred with Laura Dern in "Lonely Hearts" |
| MRSANDMAN | Classic song with the line "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci / And lots of wavy hair like Liberace" |
| IMISSYOU | Comment from a lonely-heart |
| OWNER | Rock tune, "___ of a Lonely Heart" |
| OWNEROF | Yes hit, "___ a Lonely Heart" |
| VAGUENESS | Uncertainty goes against a lonely heart in supposition (9) |
| SINGLETON | Distorted sign revealed a lonely heart, say (9) |
| ACHES | Acts like a lonely heart? (5) |
| SENECA | No longer nurse a lonely heart, say, if looking up old dramatist |
| SMH | An abbreviation used by a lonely heart or other person to highlight their ability to appreciate amusing or funny things (1,1,1) |
| DISAPPEAR | Vanish with said paper unexpectedly (9) |
