| BEAUTY | Comes down to looks but better within (6) |
| GLAMOURPUSS | Girl paying too much attention to looks (coll) |
| CURSED | Blighted but better after swallowing last of pills (6) |
| ANSARI | Specialist engine builder, originally founded in Italy but better known perhaps for its British branch's association with several classic UK vintage marques (6) |
| PIGEON | Dirty bird that comes down to earth in pieces. Pull! (4,6) |
| LIGHTS | More than one luminary comes down to earth |
| EARTHY | Lusty husband comes down to get rude |
| WINDOWSHOPPER | Consumer who looks but doesn't buy (6-7) |
| LOU | One who looks, but doesn't sound, a bit of a lout |
| STAY | See 22A. Remain focused, but better to keep your distance.. (4,5) |
| OASES | Nothing but wild seas, but better than the desert sands (5) |
| LATE | Better this than never, but better never this? |
| EDSEL | Product advertised with the slogan "It acts the way it looks, but it doesn't cost that much" |
| UPINARMS | Indignant, but better prepared for war? (2,2,4) |
| ECSTATIC | Happy? Yes, but better |
| AGAIN | "___, but Better" (Christine Riccio novel) |
| ABOVEPAR | Have a bogey, but better than expected (5,3) |
| EAGLE | No albatross, but better than a birdie (5) |
| LEASTWORST | Bad, but better than the alternatives |
| SPY | Movie that did what "Get Smart" did, but better |
