Possible Clues:

• He's ardent, I fancy, revealing crush
• Bowl made of baked clay, husband dropped in dismay
• Core adherent is devastated
• One female skill in study to discourage
• Cause (someone) to lose confidence
• Depress pretty girl with regard to figure
• Upset there is - and dismay
• 'She urged what she could to — me to it' (John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress)
• Take hope from a resident shuffling around hospital
• Crush food consumed around dinner's end