| STANDINGJOKE | Does it always make the straphanger laugh? |
| USMINT | It always makes money |
| PRISONEROFZENDA | "Fate doesn't always make the right men kings," remarked a very young David Niven in the all-time great swashbuckling yarn, The ... (8,2,5) |
| HORSE | One of those white ones that will always make the shore? (5) |
| EDGAR | He can always make the grade (5) |
| DELI | Establishment where employees always make the cut |
| LEMONS | Proverb advising that you should always make the best out of difficult situations (4,4,5,3,6,4,8) |
| WHENLIFE | Proverb advising that you should always make the best out of difficult situations (4,4,5,3,6,4,8) |
| GIVESYOU | Proverb advising that you should always make the best out of difficult situations (4,4,5,3,6,4,8) |
| MAKELEMONADE | Proverb advising that you should always make the best out of difficult situations (4,4,5,3,6,4,8) |
| RAINONME | Why Does It Always ___?, song by the Scottish rock band Travis that was released in 1999 (4,2,2) |
| THEMANWHO | Travis album on which the track 'Why Does It Always Rain on Me?' appears (3,3,3) |
| ETERNALTRIANGLE | Does it always figure in marriage break-ups? (7,8) |
| RAIN | Why Does It Always ___ on Me?, Travis song (4) |
| RAINON | Why Does It Always ___ Me?, Travis song (6) |
| TRAVIS | Which group recorded Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (6) |
| DIAL | Somewhere in the world I always make a telephone connection (4) |
| SAPS | The fatheads always make a pass go astray (4) |
| STA | Times Sq., to a straphanger |
| STOOD | Put up with being a straphanger (5) |
