| BEEF | Seen at first to be the best ever eaten from the butchers |
| NEEDLESS | Numbers of patients seen at first to be unnecessary (8) |
| PERSEVERE | Keep with some of the best suppers ever eaten (9) |
| OREO | It's sometimes eaten from the inside out |
| PLUMS | Fruits eaten from the icebox, in a William Carlos Williams poem |
| STRICTDIET | Conservative from The House only appeals to those who want to be the best losers (6,4) |
| OPTIMISE | Make the most of things, to be the best one can be (8) |
| HOMESWEETHOME | It's said to be the best place to be (4,5,4) |
| CHOPSTICK | Something from the butcher's staff in the restaurant? You have to hand it to the Orientals! (9) |
| PELE | Brazilian said to be the best footballer ever (4) |
| HOLDTHERECORD | Consider the album to be the best (4,3,6) |
| AGREEMENT | Eager to change fellows thought at first to be in accord (9) |
| CREATIVE | I have to cater differently, at first, to be imaginative (8) |
| PRESENTER | Reps turn up to take enter, at first, to be a compere (9) |
| SWEETBREAD | Depressed about Little Bert Cook from the butchers getting it in the neck (10) |
| MINCE | What the Dice Man produced perhaps with meat from the butchers (5) |
| THIGH | Steer clear of the High Street for piece of chicken from the butchers (5) |
| COROLLA | Which Toyota model is believed to be the best-selling car of all time? (7) |
| OFFENCE | A fence is said to be the best defence (7) |
| LAUGHTER | This chuckling sound is said to be the best medicine |
