Possible Clues:

• Ladylove
• Darling son with little piece of string?
• Second couple hugging little darling
• Cupcake
• We see it to be terrible humbug, perhaps
• Pet's small (very small) and game
• How we describe my uncle since the, um, visitations
• Kind of pie
• Darling or hon
• Barley sugar, for example, that is dear