| OPPORTUNISTS | They make the best of what happens to awful sprouts in pot (12) |
| FIRING | Dismissal of what happens to pottery (6) |
| ANCIENTLIGHTS | The right to see the best of what The Sun has to offer is a legal right, granted (7,6) |
| FLAGSHIP | Show off legend inside address as the best of what is on offer (8) |
| BRAVETHECOLD | Make the best of a fierce Winter day all bundled up in a toque, scarf and mittens: 3 wds. |
| INEFFICIENCY | Failure to make the best use of resources (12) |
| MAKELEMONADE | Proverb advising that you should always make the best out of difficult situations (12) |
| CHARACTERISE | I research act to make the best portrayal (12) |
| MISREPRESENT | Give a false account to awful miser in attendance (12) |
| BRAINSURGEON | Medical expert to sprout in wet season? On the contrary (5,7) |
| EMPTYVESSELS | They make the most sound when "Abandon ship" is called (5,7) |
| LIMBICSYSTEM | Control centre's branch connected to awful city mess (6,6) |
| MUTATEDGENES | They make the X-Men extraordinary |
| NYE | 'We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down,' said ... Bevan, founder of Britain's National Health Service |
| OPTIMALISE | Make the best of one African country in tight spot over energy (10) |
| ABADJOB | Sailor Bill -a patient bloke -trying to make the best of it? (1,3,3) |
| CREAMOFF | Unfairly take the best of what's going, as this suggests there is a problem with the topping? (5,3) |
| HOBSONSCHOICE | It ensures you always get the best of what's on offer |
| PLAYONESCARDSBADLY | Fail to make the best of one chances |
| SEVENTY | Old record of what happens, unoriginally, in case of bad eyesight (7-5) |
