| VISCOUNT | Title is the best part of thick books! |
| NONEVENT | “I’ve figured out that the ‘____’ is the best part of life” (Jerry Seinfeld) |
| TOMATOES | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| REARMOST | Bring up the best part of what brings up the tail (8) |
| HIGHSPOT | The best part of a holiday in the mountains? (4,4) |
| LALLEGRO | Milton poem whose title is "the happy man" in Italian |
| PORTLAND | Top 10 Drake song whose title is the same as an Oregon city, from his 2017 playlist "More Life" |
| CREAMOFF | Take the best part of |
| LIONSSHARE | Leo's lot is the best part of the whole (5,5) |
| OBEDIENT | Well-trained duck, even able to stamp books! (8) |
| HIGHPOINT | On something in the Himalayas is the best part of being stoned presumably (4,5) |
| MARROW | Vegetable is the best part of it (6) |
| JOHNNYHART | Creator of the classic comic strip whose title is the initials of the *clue answers |
| FRIEDGREEN | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| CAMBRIDGE | The Prince of Wales' other title is the Duke of _ (9) |
| NOTSO | "The best part of a holiday is perhaps ___ __ much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working", the Wind in the Willows. (3,2) |
| CREAM | Stuff without energy is the best part (5) |
| MARQUIS | The title is "The French Who Invaded the Planet" (7) |
| PITSTOP | The worst and the best part of the race (3,4) |
| DUKE | The highest hereditary male title is the intermediate class of edible cherry, set between sweet dessert and 'sour' culinary cherries (4) |
