| ASAD | 'Take ___ song and make it better' |
| SAD | "Take a ___ song and make it better", Hey Jude lyric (3) |
| JUDE | He was told to 'take a sad song and make it better' |
| HEYJUDE | Beatles megahit that urges its subject to "take a sad song and make it better" |
| BOOBOO | "Kiss it and make it better" target |
| BETTER | *"...take a sad song and make it ___" |
| SADSONG | Something to take and "make it better," in the Beatles'"Hey Jude" |
| TEAPOT | I'm A Little ____ , song and nursery rhyme about an item that is 'short and stout' (6) |
| WILDFRONTIER | Kings Of The ____, song and album by Adam And The Ants released in 1980 (4,8) |
| PIE | American ___, song and film |
| MINE | "I, Me ___" - Song (and book) by George Harrison (4) |
| PRAYER | Like A ____, song and album by Madonna released in 1989 (6) |
| DEARGOD | XTC song with the lyrics "Hope you get the letter and / I pray you can make it better down here" |
| HARLECH | Men of ____ , song and military march that has a traditional part in Welsh culture (7) |
| INTIME | Step ___, song and dance number in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, composed by the Sherman Brothers (2,4) |
| ERMA | Bombeck who said, "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it" |
| AARP | "The power to make it better" org. |
| CURVE | The graph will make it better around 3rd November (5) |
| IMPROVES | River Pom diverts - but he'll make it better (8) |
| IMPROVEMENT | Move trip men organise as this will make it better (11) |
