| FINER | "Nothing could be ___ than to be in..." |
| ENVIED | "It is better to be ___ than to be pitied": Herodotus |
| CAROLINA | "If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day; I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say; Nothing could be finer than to be in ... in the morning" |
| INCOME | "It is better to have a permanent ____ than to be fascinating" (Oscar Wilde) |
| CHARLESOSGOOD | "Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis That Is Minor in |
| WORSTCASESCENARIO | Best to reconnoitre plot? Nothing could be more awful |
| NIL | Nothing could be found in Manila (3) |
| LIBRETTO | Nothing could be brittle first in words of opera (8) |
| EASIEST | See it as anagram - nothing could be simpler (7) |
| FOOLHARDIER | Hard life, or nothing could be more death-defying (11) |
| NOTASCRAP | Nothing could be better |
| ROUNDLY | Nothing could be written so completely |
| HALFALOAF | What's reduced pain for the French? Nothing could be worse! (4,1,4) |
| SCHOOL | Nothing could be farthest from the front half after hearing glass goes cool making lost masterpiece of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7,6,2,3) |
| GLASGOW | Nothing could be farthest from the front half after hearing glass goes cool making lost masterpiece of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7,6,2,3) |
| OFART | Nothing could be farthest from the front half after hearing glass goes cool making lost masterpiece of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7,6,2,3) |
| TAB | Blond 50s idol as an actor and singer (though he said of his role in Island Of Desire, "It was more important to look good almost nude than to be an actor"); ... Hunter |
| ERR | "I prefer to ___ with Plato . . . than to be right": Cicero |
| ROW | One would rather be left grazing than to be eaten itself |
| SAFE | Better to be ___ than sorry |
