How to make your cat tolerate claw clipping...
We'd tried a few different styles of claw clippers, including guillotine-type ones that we found crushed the claw painfully, before settling on scissor types. These are a good design and do the job nicely.
Tip to make kitty more amenable to claw clipping: every day when stroking the cat, briefly spread one or two of its paws out with your fingers and extend the claws (as if you were going to clip them), then let go and resume petting. You'll desensitise the cat to having its paws messed around with.