| USEBYDATE | "Best before' indication (3-2,4) |
| ULTIMATUM | Final demand is nearly best before hesitation (9) |
| KEEPSTILL | Freezing instructions - is best before ...? |
| UNEXPIRED | Within its 'best before' date (9) |
| THEGOODOLDDAYS | Best before dates? (3,4,3,4) |
| AMM | Ray, Rhodesian post-war racing star who beat Geoff Duke at his best before being killed at Imola. (3) |
| MEILLEUR | Food Labels: best Before... = ___ Avant... |
| STALE | Past the best before date |
| USEBY | "Best before" cousin |
| ORF | Past its best-before date, maybe |
| PEAKINGTOOSOON | Doing one's best before it counts |
| OFF | Past its best-before date, maybe |
| SACK | Get rid of the dry white wine - it's way passed its best-before date (4) |
| AMMAN | Where, in Jordan, I'm at my best before noon (5) |
| SELBY | Missed out last numeral of best-before date for shop in Yorkshire town (5) |
| SAYNOMORE | Indication of understanding (3,2,4) |
| REDCARPET | Seaside resort favoured indication of luxury treatment? (3,6) |
| LEAVESOFF | Ceases to be an indication of winter (6,3) |
| BADCREDIT | Indication of risk to bank direct, possibly? (3,6) |
| NOTASSUCH | New indication of discomfort about news agency other than supposed (3,2,4) |
