Answer:

loved

Answer	Crossword Clue
LOVED	Thrived on
LOVED	Delighted in
LOVED	Put on a pedestal

LOVED	Adored
LOVED	Cherished
LOVED	Went gaga over
LOVED	"To All the Girls I've ... Before"
LOVED	Thought the world of
LOVED	Held dear
LOVED	Was smitten with
LOVED	Really dug

LOVED	Was crazy about
LOVED	Liked a lot
LOVED	Doted on
LOVED	Was gaga over
LOVED	Reveled in
LOVED	Had a crush on
LOVED	"The Lass That ... a Sailor" (alternate title of "H.M.S. Pinafore")
LOVED	"If I ... You"

LOVED	"'Tis better to have ... and lost ...": Tennyson
LOVED	Thrived in.
LOVED	Relished.
LOVED	Took great pleasure in.
LOVED	"If I ... You."
LOVED	Took delight in.
LOVED	Was devoted to.
LOVED	"If I ... you . . . "

LOVED	Cherished.
LOVED	Delighted in.
LOVED	... ones.
LOVED	Partner of lost.
LOVED	Emulated Hero
LOVED	"If I ... You," 1945 song
LOVED	"'Tis better to have ... . . . "
LOVED	"The ... One," Waugh novel

LOVED	Waugh's "The ... One"
LOVED	"I ... a lass . . . ": Wither
LOVED	Emulated Annabel Lee
LOVED	Was sweet on
LOVED	Extremely popular