Related Clues:

• Relatives can be flexible
• Good at adapting oneself
• Having many uses
• Capable of many functions
• Multiskilled
• Good at many things
• Resourceful; relatives (anag.)
• Multi-talented
• Very bad, bringing in substitute that's deficient and variable
• Able to adapt
• Appalling quote for a hat
• Resourceful monarch didn't stand having the ignoble around
• Flexible lines, slanting mostly inside
• Relatives turned out to be adaptable
• It's a lever used for many purposes