Possible Clues:

• They're music to job-seekers' ears
• Starts to dicker, maybe
• They're tender enough to hold 28 across after a century
• They're made for 23 down at auction
• Puts forth
• They're all so tender, but not on the beginning
• No longer keen on girls that drop their aitches, however tender they are
• Proposes to make available
• It's just not on for them to start to be tender
• Makes bid or tenders