| YASMINE | ___ Cunningham, she's desperately clinging on to her marriage in Hollyoaks (7) |
| CHER | ___ McQueen, has been trying to wreck her dad's marriage in Hollyoaks (4) |
| ANACONDA | Snake from Canada desperately clinging on (8) |
| ENLARGE | Clinging on to plaice finally, angler is disposed to do this? (7) |
| PARKERBOWLES | Surname of Queen Camilla, prior to her marriage to King Charles III |
| DOWRY | Money/property brought by a woman to her marriage (5) |
| WORDYDOWRY | Wife's book collection that she donated to her marriage? |
| APPROVAL | A diminutive woman clinging on to piano for support |
| MALADY | Complaint from old Tory PM clinging on to youth (6) |
| SHORTTERM | Mother's desperately clinging to mid-thirties, not looking ahead |
| CHESS | She's desperately after clubs in game (5) |
| SUSAN | She's desperately sought in a Madonna movie |
| IMPETUS | One clinging on hasn't left, needing us to give encouragement |
| SUCKERS | E.g. rock goby's fused pelvic fins for clinging on (7) |
| CHELSEA | Paul Robinson accepted her second proposal of marriage in Neighbours - before the truth about her lying was revealed! (7,6) |
| REDDING | Close to despair, wife gets out of marriage in American city (7) |
| ELEANOR | --- of Aquitaine was queen of England by her marriage to Henry II (7) |
| YOKOONO | Japanese-American artist famed for her marriage to John Lennon (4,3) |
| ENGAGES | Joins battle with marriage in mind? (7) |
| ADHESIVE | The fellow beginning to slither in a parachute jump, clinging on (8) |
