| NECESSARYEVILS | Unpleasant things one accepts because the alternatives are worse |
| SIXANDTWOTHREES | Dishonest extra somehow concealing weight in a situation where the alternatives are the same (3,3,3,6) |
| OTHERS | Alternatives are most bothersome (6) |
| ANYPORTINASTORM | "No party"? 4, 8 or 24 would do (alternatives are here available) (3,4,2,1,5) |
| INCORRIGIBLE | "Mankind are an ____ race. Give them but bugbears and idols - it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong [...] are worse than indifferent to them" (William Hazlitt) |
| RIZZO | "Grease" character who sings "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" |
| BARQUES | Ships that are worse than their bights? (7) |
| DETERIORA | ____ sunt templa quam theatra: temples are worse than theatres |
| STAKES | Bets one accepts at one's wits" end? (6) |
| FOLLOWER | One accepts the leadership of another (8) |
| COWARD | Person who lacks the courage to do dangerous or unpleasant things (6) |
| TAKESIT | Assumes, when one accepts the article (5,2) |
| TAKESNOTE | Observes one accepts the money (5,4) |
| CHEAPEST | Free speech, at a price? That's less costly than the alternatives (8) |
| WILDLY | Ignoring the alternatives, whirls Dolly with exuberance (6) |
| ACUTABOVE | Notably better than the alternatives |
| LEASTWORST | Bad, but better than the alternatives |
| BALLOT | Ticket listing the alternatives that is used in voting (6) |
| COLDS | Unpleasant things to pass around |
| ALCOHOL | Every one accepts company house needs hard liquor (7) |
