Better ____ than never (4)
I believe the answer is:
late
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">better than never?</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for late that I've seen before include "Recently deceased" , "yet to come" , "Far into the night" , "Dead or behind time" , "After the usual time" .)