Related Clues:

• Merciful, not severe
• Showing great fondness as for a spouse
• Foolishly loving and indulgent
• Loose or immoral
• Overly fond of, say spouse
• 'Indulgent, easy (7)'
• Not severe in punishing
• In 16 across there's a can with much love
• One may get worried about 'er because she's so beastly long
• Strictly speaking, it's not let around nine
• This can get into the dog with love
• Let it be about 15 across, but not strictly speaking
• It's canine round the can with much love
• One might not strictly speaking allow this to be about nine
• It's not, strictly speaking, for nine in the let