Possible Clues:

• Pall, or this
• Pallor of one confined by previous head
• Pall, or this, on the face of it
• No future start for 9 across
• Pall or pale
• Sounds like a pal, or that it's sticky, perhaps
• Father's pallor gets Tess around in it
• Pall, or bygone times in the beginning
• Pall or in the face of it
• Perhaps pall, or a sticky state, perhaps