| HALIFAX | Love is better the second time around in this (Last Tango in -------) |
| AS | Love is better the second time around in this (-- Time Goes By) |
| ITS | '___ better the second time' |
| TANGO | Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi proved you're never too old to fall in love in this (Last ----- in Halifax) |
| OMEGA | Recalled age mother had hidden in this last letter, perhaps? |
| THY | "___ love is better than high birth to me": Shak. |
| BY | About love the second time around (As Time Goes --) |
| CAHN | "The Second Time Around" lyricist |
| SOT | One's often intoxicated with love, second time around |
| TOMORROW | Second time around alternatively fight in future (8) |
| FEWER | "The ___ the words, the better the prayer": Martin Luther |
| WELCOME | The warmer it is, the better the reception (7) |
| CANISTER | Is given the run-around, in this case (8) |
| CHRISTIANERA | Cars in the air, going around in this day and age (9,3) |
| TRUMPET | "... and it comes out here" (this last instrument, by the way, is the subject of the song) |
| SENORA | Foreign woman's negative response second time around (6) |
| BEGAFAVOUR | Ask for help second time around: 1 + 5 divides 4? (3,1,6) |
| GLEN | Club better the 8 in the Highlands (10) |
| EDITOR | The better the article, the more he may pay for it |
| ADDITION | The better the summer, the faster it's dealt with |
