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Stuck in a couple of places on what seems to be a valentine-themed puzzle.
1ac Conserve flower left behind from romance (6)
I have P????? (with possible "L" next to last). I'm thinking "pickle", but I don't see all of the explanation
2dn (starts with third letter of 1ac) Savanna flowers (5) - I've ??M??11ac Love in Florida limited by death's embrace (6) ?N???? (last letter possibly "D")
And finally 27ac Poetry about lost love finally makes me nauseous (6) I have ?E?S?S. Im thinking it ends "SES" from the last letters of "makes me nauseous", so "verses" would work, but I don't see where the "ver" comes from
If possible I would prefer pointers rather than answers, but that can be difficult!

last 1, about = Over and lose the o.

2 dn is a double definition, and note the S on "flowers".

11 ac A charade. You need to think of a short word for death, and some common crossword abbreviations.

Thanks very much to both for your efforts to point me in the right direction without giving me the answer. Is "pickle" correct then?

Yes, but I don't understand the wordplay myself.

Thanks again - finished now. I hadn't come across 2dn as used for "savanna" before - more usually an Italian field.

Flower = the best of anything
PICK = best or choicest
left = L
behind from romance = E
PICK + L + E

Thanks Jolan - I wouldn't ever have worked that out.

That makes sense - like "Flower of Scotland". Clever indirection to use "flower" in that sense when it is so often used in other ways.