| FOURH | Club with the motto "To Make the Best Better" |
| THAN | "You're simply the best / Better ___ all the rest" (lyric sung by Tina Turner) |
| AARP | Gp. with the motto "To serve, not to be served" |
| INEFFICIENT | Failing to make the best use of time or resources |
| INEFFICIENCY | Failure to make the best use of resources |
| PLAYONESCARDSBADLY | Fail to make the best of one chances |
| CHARACTERISE | I research act to make the best portrayal (12) |
| ABADJOB | Sailor Bill -a patient bloke -trying to make the best of it? (1,3,3) |
| IVANA | Celeb in "The First Wives Club" with the cameo line "Remember girls, don't get mad, get everything" |
| STJOHNSTONE | The only British professional football club with the letter J in its name (2,9) |
| AUDERE | ____ est facere: Spurs motto, to dare is to do (or vice versa?) |
| LEGOFMUTTON | Unusual motto to engulf the joint (3,2,6) |
| LIONS | Community service club, with "the" |
| HULLCITY | English football club with the home ground KCOM Stadium since 2002 (4,4) |
| IMPROV | 53rd Street comedy club (with "The") |
| COPA | Historic NYC club, with "The" |
| CUDGELS | Clubs with the sludge about to be cleared away (7) |
| TOMATOSAUCE | Cause a motto to be written about condiment (6,5) |
| LEAVENOTRACE | Good motto to follow in a National Park |
| CADGER | Solicitor’s heartless motto: to be in credit |
