| BETTERTHAN | Well now, perhaps thespian being only somewhat discontented would be an improvement |
| TOUCHUP | I felt that expanding RAM would be an improvement |
| ACHANGE | Revised gambling regulations might be an improvement (1,6,3,3,6) |
| THAW | What could be an improvement in the weather (4) |
| AMENDMENT | A repair, say, intended to be an improvement (9) |
| EDIFICATION | Indicate if nervously accepting love can be an improvement |
| UPTURN | Part of group turned out to be an improvement (6) |
| ENHANCEMENT | Can ten men he moved be an improvement? (11) |
| ASSET | "If only I'd known my differentness would be an ..., then my earlier life would have been much easie |
| BLACKHEAD | Should first beer be without froth, it would be an imperfection |
| PAID | Parlourmaid, though somewhat discontented, handed over the money |
| HONEYMOON | Sweetener used by somewhat discontented Mormon during special holiday |
| GYMNASIUM | Over the century this establishment stopped being only the haunt of boxers and started being occupie |
| EVER | "Would I ___ ?!" ("It would be an honor!") |
| OVERABUNDANCE | More than a hairdo and a knees-up would be an excess (13) |
| SIMPLESOLUTION | Brine, say, would be an easy answer (6,8) |
| MISTAKE | Figuring I'm Keats would be an error (7) |
| EARWORM | The 1975 hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head" would be an appropriate one |
| RHEA | South American native that would be an idiot cutting aid (4) |
| SEEDSMAN | For whom Pip would be an apropriate name? (8) |
