| GAMBLER | He's the better man (7) |
| OUTCLASS | Be the better man or woman |
| CAPSTAN | To do better, man the machine (7) |
| NEWYEAR | "Be at war with your vices, peace with your neighbours and let every ___ ___ find you a better man": Benjamin Franklin (3,4) |
| ACHILLES | He was the son of Peleus and Thetis and chief hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. In Troilus and Cressida (act 1, scene 2), Cressida says, "There among the Greeks ___, a better man than Troilus." |
| CURE | Make better man of the church (4) |
| COLLEGE | Place of education, where 5 Down might learn to become a better man (7) |
| GUNGA | In the film, ... Din was a better man than either Cary Grant or Douglas Fairbanks Jr |
| GUNGADIN | "A better man than I am," to Kipling |
| PEARLJAM | 'Better Man' band |
| HERB | No better man to garnish a pan with (4) |
| FINISHER | Covering his stumbling is better man staying course? (8) |
| HARRY | ...and no better man to badger and hound. (5) |
| THANI | "You're a better man ___!" |
| CLINTBLACK | "A Better Man" country singer |
| OUTDO | Surpass, be better man (5) |
| DIN | "You're a better man than I am, Gunga ___!": Kipling |
| MACADAM | On the road, he's the Scottish first man(7) |
| COMPANY | The Andrews Sisters sang, "He's in the army now, blowing reveille; He's the boogie woogie bugle boy |
| OSTRICH | This leading novelist from Christon is somewhat disorganised -- he's the type who buries his head in the sand (7) |
