Possible Clues:

• Lover dropped large case
• By way of illustration, Inquisition is soft on the Spanish looking back
• Case formerly was plenty
• Test learner in drill, for instance
• Old enough to be a model
• Beheaded king, enough of a precedent
• Topless intimacy with buxom model
• Case of the former Liberal
• An illustration no longer large enough
• Case of past member overwhelmed by drink