Solutions saw darling, say, as a sika has 11 entries with similar clues

• 3-letter words
• hondarling, for short
• 4-letter words
• loveDarling
• dearDarling
• idolDarling
• 5-letter words
• honeyDarling
• 7-letter words
• belovedDarling
• dearestDarling
• 9-letter words
• workbenchCarpenter's need for Spooner's maid on the Darling?
• 10-letter words
• sweetheartDarling
• fallowdeerman losing energy for a darling, we hear: is he in a rut?
• 13-letter words
• blue-eyed-boyMale darling of a group