| GUNGADIN | A better man than Kipling - according to his poem (5,3) |
| 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." |
| DIN | "You're a better man than I am, Gunga ___!": Kipling |
| GUNGA | In the film, ... Din was a better man than either Cary Grant or Douglas Fairbanks Jr |
| FINISHER | Covering his stumbling is better man staying course? (8) |
| DAFFODIL | Wordsworth flower - there were a host of golden ones in his poem |
| NOCHANCE | Tea consumed by sexual deviant is what Trump had according to his opponents (2,6) |
| OUTCLASS | Be the better man or woman |
| PEARLJAM | 'Better Man' band |
| COUPLETS | Exploit rented short-term homes? Betjeman would put them in his poems (8) |
| EACH | "...according to his ability, to ___ according to his needs" |
| GAMBLER | He's a better man (7) |
| NEWYEAR | "Be at war with your vices, peace with your neighbours and let every ___ ___ find you a better man": Benjamin Franklin (3,4) |
| THANI | "You're a better man ___!" |
| CLINTBLACK | "A Better Man" country singer |
| LESDAWSON | English comedian who, according to his autobiography, worked as a pianist in a Parisian brothel |
| LIBRAN | According to his horoscope, his life is in the balance |
| PATRICK | Man forming part of magician's act, according to his son (7) |
| NEEDS | "... to each according to his ___": Marx (5) |
| CORNCOB | According to his famous holiday song, Frosty the Snowman had a ___ pipe |
