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I've finished it but I notice that the parsing of one I skipped over. 17D Love left tainted if ends, unsatisfactory relationship now extinguished? 3,5.
-L-/ F-A- E . It is clearly old flame, love left= OL but where does the rest come from?

Love (O) left (L) tainted if ends,(D F/ends of those words) unsatisfactory (LAME)

Thanks, Mamya. I obviously have problems with my synonyms!

I could well be wrong - I saw the definition as 'relationship now extinguished'. The rest as wordplay.