| PRIMO | Reserved nothing at best (5) |
| COYOTE | Reserved nothing, the heartless beast! |
| ONORDER | Reserved nothing, and not by the German (2,5) |
| TOPIC | At best, I see, something interesting (5) |
| STATE | Say at best half were given food (5) |
| CODON | Fish performing at best has a triplet of adjacent nucleotides (5) |
| TABLE | A counter is, at best, a blessing within |
| BADTASTE | At best crude promo is in this? (3,5) |
| BETATESTS | Doctor set at best trial runs (4,5) |
| TABLESALT | At best all used this seasoning (5,4) |
| ABITSTEEP | Just too much pie, at best revolting (1,3,5) |
| WORLDRECORD | Older crowd runs wild at best performance ever recorded (5,6) |
| TOPSCORE | The most runs, though only twenty at best (3,5) |
| ABOVETHESALT | A hovel at best, after renovation must be of superior status (5,3,4) |
| MEANSTEST | *Welfare check by man is (at best) skimmed (5,4) |
| ICECREAM | Hard water, at best, may taste of vanilla (3,5) |
| PARTLY | At best |
| NOTCOMPLETELY | At best |
| BUSH | Mediocre at best |
| GAZEBO | Look at best offer in pavilion (6) |
