Possible Clues:

• Former partner, told of blame, losing head throughout
• Bygone love interest
• Sweetheart once seen in Pudding Lane?
• An ex accounting for why one got one's fingers burnt?
• Informal term for a former lover
• Sheep beginning to go down, feeble — there may still be affection for such
• Former inamorato or inamorata
• Ex Olympic torch?
• Girlfriend from the past, e.g.
• Someone once loved strewing leaf mould around - it's not universal