| DAMON | _ Kinsella, was married to Maxine Minniver for less than a year (5) |
| HANNA | _ Kinsella, Real Housewife Of Cheshire and qualified dentist (5) |
| REEXAMINE | Take another look about for note to Maxine Rock (2-7) |
| ABUSE | Domestic mistreatment that Patrick Blake dished out to his ex Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (5) |
| PENNY | ___ stock (highly speculative stock that sells for less than a dollar a share) |
| PEDAL | Plead wildly for less than a penny farthing! (5) |
| CRESS | Salad plant for less than a loving gesture (5) |
| MOTEL | Accommodation possibly let for less than a month (5) |
| FORAY | Attack or invasion for less than a day (5) |
| NIKKI | __ Sanderson, actress who plays Maxine Minniver, sister of the departed Mitzeee, in Hollyoaks (5) |
| TRISH | Dance-mad mum of Maxine Minniver in Hollyoaks (5) |
| LEOXI | Pope who served for less than a month in April 1605 |
| VENUS | On this planet, a day lasts longer than a year |
| TENCH | Fish for less than a dozen at church |
| YEARN | Long ___ more than a year, anyway (5) |
| EDWARD | He was king for less than a year before abdicating to marry an American divorcee |
| EDWARDVIII | King for less than a year as he stepped down to marry Wallis Simpson; the only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily (6,1,1,1,1) |
| STEVEHANLEY | This ex-Sale wing progressed from Aspatria RUFC to a 1999 England cap in less than a year (5,6) |
| PULLET | What is a young hen less than a year old? (6) |
| GARFUNKEL | Simon's partner in a musical duo which broke up less than a year after its bestselling album |
