| AFEE | For ___ (Unlike the best things in life, so it's said) |
| SPICE | Variety, in life, so it's said |
| CIVIL | Polite ___ unlike the military? (5) |
| GOPLACES | Succeed in life, so to speak |
| TODAY | Start of the rest of your life, so it's said |
| VARIETY | The spice of life, so it's said |
| AREFREE | Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross song, "The Best Things in Life ..." (3,4) |
| FREE | The best things in life are ___, saying (4) |
| ARE | "The best things in life ___ ..." |
| ROBERTALTMAN | Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" |
| BROWNSKINGIRL | "The best thing in the world," per a 2019 Beyonce song |
| SUPREMECOURT | Where wise minds consider the best thing in wooing? (7,5) |
| DARKEN | "Ashes of laughter, the ghost is clear / Why do the best things always disappear / Like Ophelia / Please ___ my door": The Band |
| NEVEROWNED | "The sweet things in life to you were loaned; So how can you lose what you've ...? Life is just a bo |
| OWNED | "The sweet things in life, to you were loaned; So how can you lose what you've never ...? Life is ju |
| SLEEP | Getting enough of this is one of the best things you can do to support your wellbeing (5) |
| CAKESANDALE | Sand in food and drink - some of the good things in life? (5,3,3) |
| VITAL | It is important for life so Val must go for id (5) |
| STOPTOSMELLTHEROSES | Take time and enjoy the finer things in life |
| AMEBA | One of the little things in life? |
