| Athlete's best effort |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Peak performance on the field |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Best effort |
Commuter |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Best effort |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Your best effort |
|
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| Range displayed by setter in best performance? |
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| Best effort |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Peak performance |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Peak performance |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2025 |
| Top-level performance |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2025 |
| Good thing to bring to a competition |
New York Times |
20 May 2025 |
| Peak performance (1,4) |
The Guardian Quick |
13 May 2025 |
| Best athletic effort |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Competitor's best effort |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Best effort, to a coach |
Universal |
06 Mar 2025 |
| "It's only ____", unhelpful post-match comment |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Peak performance |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Best effort |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Best effort, in competition |
Universal |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2025 |
| "It's only ___!" ("Can't win 'em all!") |
LA Times Mini |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Peak performance, and an apt title for this puzzle |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Best effort: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Top form |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Range compiler put together to create best performance |
|
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| Athlete's peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Peak performance on the field |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Best effort |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Athlete's top performance |
|
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| One's best effort, so to speak |
New York Times Mini |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Best effort |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2024 |
| "It's only ___!" ("Don't take it so seriously!") (2 wds.) |
|
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| Top-level performance |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2024 |
| "___ of Thrones" (George R.R. Martin novel) (2 wds.) |
|
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| Height of one's ability |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Best effort |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Best effort on the court |
Universal |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Best competitive effort, informally |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Bring your ___ (give it all you got) |
|
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| Best athletic effort, informally |
|
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| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Prime performance |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Best effort |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Best competitive effort |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Finest form |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Team's best performance (1,4) |
|
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| Top effort |
Universal |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Best effort |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Team's best effort |
Universal |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Top-notch performance |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Best competitive effort, slangily |
Premier Sunday |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Peak performance |
Universal |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Best effort |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2023 |
| Athlete's optimal effort |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Athlete's best effort |
LA Times Daily |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Best competitive stuff |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Competitive best |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Peak performance |
Universal |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Athlete’s peak performance |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Player's best effort |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Athlete's optimal effort |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Top performance |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Best effort, informally |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Athlete's optimal effort |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2022 |
| Peak athletic performance |
USA Today |
21 May 2022 |
| Best-effort performance |
Universal |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Best competitive effort |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Top performance level |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Good thing to bring to the field |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Peak performance |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Peak performance |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Top-level performance |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2021 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Best effort |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Best effort |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2021 |
| NPR's "Only ___": 2 wds. |
|
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| One's best, to a coach |
Universal |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Very best performance |
Universal |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Peak performance |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2021 |
| You should always bring it to a competition |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Universal |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Best possible athletic performance |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Effort a coach hopes their team will bring |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2021 |
| Best effort, in competition |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Athlete’s peak performance |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Best competitive performance |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2020 |
| Athlete's best effort |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Player's top effort, informally |
Premier Sunday |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Athlete's best effort |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Peak performance |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Peak performance |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Full competitive intensity |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Competitor's best effort |
USA Today |
29 May 2020 |
| Something an athlete should bring |
New York Times |
20 May 2020 |
| Good thing for an athlete to bring |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Best effort, slangily |
Jonesin |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Best effort, to a coach |
Universal |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Best competitive effort |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Best effort |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Best competitive performance, informally |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Best competitive performance, informally |
|
|
| Best effort, informally |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Top-level performance |
Wall Street Journal |
25 May 2019 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
Universal |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Best effort, slangily |
Universal |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
The Washington Post |
31 Jan 2019 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2019 |
| Athlete's peak performance |
|
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| Best effort, informally |
|
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| Best effort, slangily |
|
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| Athlete's peak performance |
|
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| Top-level performance |
|
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| Peak performance |
|
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| Best effort, informally |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Best effort, athletically |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Top competitive effort, informally |
Premier Sunday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| "Only __": NPR sports program |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Height of one's ability |
The Washington Post |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Height of one's ability |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Athlete's best |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Athlete's best |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Best effort, athletically: 2 wds. |
|
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| Peak performance, in slang |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Height of one's ability |
|
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| "Only __": NPR sports program |
|
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| Athlete's best |
|
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| 'Only __': NPR sports program |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2017 |
| Best effort, in slang |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Athlete's optimal effort |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Best effort, in sports lingo |
USA Today |
24 May 2017 |
| 'It's only ___!' |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Best effort, in sports lingo |
|
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| Peak performance |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Top performance, informally |
Universal |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Best competitive effort, informally |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Peak performance |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Very best performance |
Premier Sunday |
23 Aug 2015 |
| Best-effort performance |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Best competitive effort |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Peak performance, informally |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2015 |
| One's best effort, in sports slang |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2015 |
| Athlete's best effort |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Peak performance, informally |
|
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| Very best performance |
|
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| Best-effort performance |
|
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| One's best |
|
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| Best competitive effort |
|
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| Athlete's best effort |
|
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| One's best effort, in sports slang |
|
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| Best effort, as it were |
|
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| Best effort, informally |
|
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| "It's only ___!" ("Winning isn't everything!") |
|
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| One's best effort, so to speak |
|
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| With 15-Across, George R.R. Martin novel about rival Powers? |
|
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| One's competitive best |
|
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| Best competitive effort, informally |
|
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| NPR's "Only ___" |
|
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| Top performance level |
|
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| "Only __" (NPR show) |
|
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| "It's just ___!" ("Winning isn't everything!") |
|
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| "It's only ___" |
|
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| "Only ___" (NPR program) |
|
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| "But war's ___" (Cowper) |
|
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| "It's only ___!" |
|
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| "It's only ___!" |
|
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| ___ two can play |
|
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| "It's only ___!" |
|
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| "But war 's _____ which were their subjects wise" |
|
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| "It's only ___!" |
|
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| "War's ___": Cowper |
|
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| "This is ___ two can play!" |
|
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| "But war's ___ . . . ": Cowper |
|
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| "It's __ of inches" |
|
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| "Life is itself but ___" |
|
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| "Life is ___ . . . " |
|
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| "That is ___ that two can play at." |
|
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| What bingo is. |
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