### Clue: A better man than I am, nudging cryptically about 1st April (5,3)
### Answer: GUNGA DIN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: A better man than I am
 **Anagram of**(… cryptically) NUDGING **containing**(about) **1st letter of**(1st) "April".
Defn: The person refered to in the final line "You're a better man than I am, …" in our featured writer's poem, "Gunga Din".