Word "BEST" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
Synonyms:
c. h. best, charles herbert best

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
Synonyms:
better
Examples:
the White House thought it best not to respond

Part of Speech:
Adverb
Definition:
from a position of superiority or authority
Synonyms:
better
Examples:
father knows best

Crossword Clues for BEST

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Clue Source Date
The "B" in BFF USA Today 21 Sep 2025
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 16 Sep 2025
Second to none Universal 09 Sep 2025
"Save the ___ for last"
"Good, better, ___"
Most excellent The Telegraph Quick 27 Aug 2025
Most superior (4) Mirror Classic 26 Aug 2025
Highest-quality Newsday 18 Aug 2025
___ man (main groomsman)
Honesty is the ___ policy Universal 07 Aug 2025
"The __ is yet to come" Commuter 30 Jul 2025
Top bets are lost (4) Mirror Cryptic 25 Jul 2025
Supreme (4) Mirror Quick 25 Jul 2025
___ Director (Oscar won twice by Spielberg)
Outwit USA Today Quick 21 Jul 2025
Be next to a saint and you'll attain the finest qualities (4)
Top bets are lost (4) Mirror Cryptic 11 Jul 2025
Supreme (4) Mirror Quick 11 Jul 2025
Top-ranked Commuter 07 Jul 2025
___ of the ___ (most elite group)
George ___, Man United and Northern Island footballing legend (4)
Second to none LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2025
"Be ___" (Melania's motto)
Defeat Universal 14 Jun 2025
Defeat Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2025
Outperform LA Times Daily 11 Jun 2025
__ of all possible worlds Commuter 09 Jun 2025
___ man (groom's closest aide)
Good, better, ___
Optimal Premier Sunday 25 May 2025
George ...., Northern Ireland and Man United player who died in 2005 (4)
Correct people died (4)
___ man (groomsman)
Second to none USA Today 07 May 2025
Word with man or friend
Irish player who won European Footballer of the Year in 1968 (4)
Defeat the greatest! (4)
Good, better,-
The "B" in BFF Universal 29 Apr 2025
Finest footballer? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Apr 2025
Surname of 1960s soccer star George (4)
"___ in Show" (2000 mockumentary) USA Today 20 Apr 2025
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 18 Apr 2025
Inferior to none LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2025
Supreme Mirror Quick 18 Apr 2025
Tony Bennet's song: The - Is Yet To Come
"All the ___!" ("Good luck!")
The "B" of BFF USA Today 07 Apr 2025
Most superior Mirror Tea Time 06 Apr 2025
Supreme Mirror Quick 03 Apr 2025
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 03 Apr 2025
The finest - and worst (4)
Good, better, ___
Eve -, actress who portrayed Wallis Simpson in 2010 biopic The King's Speech Mirror Quiz 19 Mar 2025
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 17 Mar 2025
Supreme Mirror Quick 17 Mar 2025
Optimal wager about opener in series (4)
Email sign-off akin to "Cheers"
"___ in Show" (Christopher Guest mockumentary)
Supreme Mirror Quick 12 Mar 2025
George - - -, football legend Mirror Tea Time 12 Mar 2025
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 12 Mar 2025
Outwit heartless rotter
Outperform Wall Street Journal 08 Mar 2025
____ in Show, mockumentary film The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 08 Mar 2025
Finest USA Today Quick 04 Mar 2025
George _, Northern Irish footballer who spent most of his club career at Manchester United (4)
Outdo USA Today 01 Mar 2025
"___ of luck!"
GOATed USA Today 26 Feb 2025
The most magnificent defeat
Supreme Mirror Quick 14 Feb 2025
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 14 Feb 2025
"My ___ Friend's Wedding," rom-com that features characters, Kimmy, Michael, and Jules in a love triangle at the altar
Most successful wager includes initial stake (4) Puzzler Cryptic 09 Feb 2025
Surpassing all others Mirror Classic 03 Feb 2025
Second to none Commuter 31 Jan 2025
Make the _ of a bad situation USA Today 30 Jan 2025
Cream of the crop USA Today 29 Jan 2025
George ___, 1960s soccer great (4)
I'll take bets that it's the finest quality!
See 21 Across Mirror Quiz 17 Jan 2025
Most successful
Finest: your - work
None better USA Today Quick 30 Dec 2024
Good, better, ___
Top-ranked Commuter 28 Dec 2024
Most optimal Premier Sunday 22 Dec 2024
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 19 Dec 2024
Second to none Commuter 18 Dec 2024
Optimum The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2024
It's most advisable to have a beanfeast outside (4)
Worst footballer? The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2024
Second to none Puzzler Backwords 04 Dec 2024
George - - -, football legend Mirror Tea Time 01 Dec 2024
Top-rated Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2024
GOATed USA Today 07 Nov 2024
Wager about a way to emerge victorious (4)
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 02 Nov 2024
Make every effort in Lorna's flat? Most desirable! (2,4,5,4
Likeliest bets, possibly (4)
___ Actress (Oscar category)
The sort of man who assists groom on outskirts of Belfast (4)
Superiative of good (4)
Defeat brutal person with no heart (4)
Oscar ceremony superlative LA Times Mini 10 Oct 2024
Superlative of better
Better than better USA Today Quick 05 Oct 2024
Pete briefly in the Beatles
Work email sign-off New York Times Mini 04 Oct 2024
"- in Show"
Second to none Commuter 23 Sep 2024
Of the most excellent kind (4)
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 12 Sep 2024
Supreme Mirror Quick 12 Sep 2024
___ Supporting Actress (Oscar category)
Crème de la crème (4) Puzzler 07 Sep 2024
CrA¨me de la crA¨me (4)
Finest USA Today Quick 30 Aug 2024
It's the most you can do
"You're the ___!" USA Today 29 Aug 2024
Vanquish LA Times Daily 25 Aug 2024
Wager about small top
Common email sign-off New York Times 19 Aug 2024
Supreme Mirror Quick 17 Aug 2024
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 17 Aug 2024
"Good, better, ___"
Most helpful Newsday 26 Jul 2024
Pete ____, original drummer in The Beatles The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Jul 2024
Most superior The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2024
"B" in BFF
___ Picture (Oscar category)
Of the highest quality; defeat, outwit The Times Concise 27 Jun 2024
Word that can precede "life" or "looking"
Finest of tube stations
Top-of-the-line Universal 24 Jun 2024
Supreme Mirror Quick 21 Jun 2024
Top bets may be lost Mirror Cryptic 21 Jun 2024
The "B" of BFF LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2024
Cream of the crop Commuter 10 Jun 2024
Sunday clothes? Mirror Classic 09 Jun 2024
"It was the ___ of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom... " opening line of "A Tale of Two Cities"
Word in many of the Oscars' categories
____ Buy (electronics store)
Top LA Times Daily 01 Jun 2024
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 30 May 2024
Highest-quality Newsday 27 May 2024
Julia Roberts movie, My ... Friend's Wedding
Beat the unbeatable
Supreme Mirror Quick 21 May 2024
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 21 May 2024
George ___, footballer (4)
Outdo Universal 30 Apr 2024
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 26 Apr 2024
Supreme Mirror Quick 26 Apr 2024
Sunday clothes? Mirror Classic 21 Apr 2024
Choice New York Times 19 Apr 2024
Most excellent: - in the class
Dribbler who drank stronger beer
Live with Saint George? The Guardian Cryptic 12 Apr 2024
Live with Saint George? (4)
"All the ___!" ("Good luck!")
First word of every Oscars category New York Times Mini 09 Apr 2024
Outmatch
In one's Sunday ___ (clothes for special occasions)
____ friend
Better than better
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 23 Mar 2024
Surname of Will who co-presented the show mentioned in 6 Down (4)
Optimal Universal 21 Mar 2024
Academy Award for ___ Picture
Simple superlative
Good, better, __ Commuter 23 Feb 2024
Of highest quality
First-rate USA Today 20 Feb 2024
Optimal The Telegraph Quick 15 Feb 2024
Pre-Ringo drummer Pete ___ (4)
Second to none Commuter 05 Feb 2024
"Save the ___ for last"
Superlative on some year-end lists
Attractively
"My ___ Friend's Wedding"
Former Northern Ireland and Manchester United player who died in 2005 (6,4)
Supreme Mirror Quick 28 Jan 2024
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 28 Jan 2024
The top performers must be the supreme (4)
Outsmart Wall Street Journal 24 Jan 2024
"Diamonds Are a Girl's -- Friend"
"Simply the ___" (Tina Turner hit) USA Today 17 Jan 2024
"Simply the " (Tina Turner hit)
A superlative of "good"; one's smartest attire; a person's utmost effort or endeavour; a winning majority; a personal record or PB; or, a casual expression of one's regards (4)
Top wager - second coming in
Part of many Oscar category names TV 07 Jan 2024
Supreme Mirror Quick 03 Jan 2024
Top bets are lost Mirror Cryptic 03 Jan 2024
Lick cream The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Jan 2024
Lick cream (4)
Top-shelf Newsday 31 Dec 2023
Good, better, ___
Unsurpassed Newsday 17 Dec 2023
Get the better of one in the highest degree (4)
Word in most Academy Award titles New York Times 11 Dec 2023
Preferred
Optimum The Telegraph Quick 07 Dec 2023
___ man, bridegroom's helper (4)
TV's "Father Knows __" Commuter 04 Dec 2023
Second to none USA Today 02 Dec 2023
Beyond better
Gamble about son becoming number one The Times Quick Cryptic 13 Nov 2023
Lead-in to "by" or "Buy" New York Times 05 Oct 2023
Kind of man or boy?
Word etched on most Oscar statuettes New York Times 02 Oct 2023
"My ___ Friend's Wedding" (Julia Roberts starrer)
Wager involving second highest The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Sep 2023
Top New York Times 20 Sep 2023
Top-ranked Newsday 10 Sep 2023
'It happens to the ___ of us' USA Today 02 Sep 2023
Top-of-the-line USA Today 30 Aug 2023
Unimprovable Newsday 17 Aug 2023
Highest in quality Newsday 10 Jul 2023
Optimum The Telegraph Quick 06 Jul 2023
Oscar-night word
Praise word you may find in Oscar categories
Optimal to live above street The Times Cryptic 02 Jun 2023
Better than better?
Number one USA Today 21 May 2023
Outwit Wall Street Journal 21 Apr 2023
Word in many award category names LA Times Daily 21 Apr 2023
___ man (groomsman)
Outwit what could follow all the next level The Telegraph Toughie 03 Mar 2023
Outperform Newsday 23 Feb 2023
"The ___ is yet to come"
"All the ___"
Outdo Newsday 25 Dec 2022
Unsurpassed Universal 15 Dec 2022
Highest in quality Newsday 12 Dec 2022
Unsurpassable Newsday 11 Dec 2022
'I wish you the ___' USA Today 10 Dec 2022
Highest-quality Newsday 21 Nov 2022
Gamble about son being first The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2022
— Actress (award for 39-Down) Premier Sunday 13 Nov 2022
Second to none LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2022
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 08 Nov 2022
Most worthy Canadiana 07 Nov 2022
See 3 Down The Telegraph Toughie 04 Nov 2022
Brief email sign-off LA Times Daily 25 Oct 2022
Part 6 of our Christmas Carol Canadiana 17 Oct 2022
Better than better USA Today 12 Oct 2022
Brief letter closing Wall Street Journal 07 Oct 2022
___ Picture (Oscar's category)
Top-rated Thomas Joseph 28 Sep 2022
Better than the rest USA Today 07 Sep 2022
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 30 Aug 2022
Optimal Thomas Joseph 24 Aug 2022
First ace The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Aug 2022
"___ of You," 2005 Grammy-nominated song by the alt-rock band Foo Fighters
Optimal The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2022
Greatest USA Today 16 Jul 2022
Insulin co-discoverer Canadiana 11 Jul 2022
Top LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2022
Footballer from Belfast, second-to-none The Telegraph Cryptic 23 May 2022
Top-of-the-line Universal 09 May 2022
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 04 May 2022
Most excellent The Washington Post Sunday 01 May 2022
Triumph over chief
Highest quality The Guardian Quick 12 Apr 2022
In one's Sunday ___ (clothes for special occasions)
Outdo Wall Street Journal 26 Mar 2022
Highest-quality Newsday 21 Mar 2022
Academy Award for ___ Picture
Get the better of
Awards adjective LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2022
Awards adjective The Washington Post 20 Feb 2022
Inferior to none Universal 17 Feb 2022
"My ___ Friend's Wedding," 1997 movie starring Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney
Top bishop is in Paris The Times Cryptic 08 Feb 2022
Second to none The Washington Post 07 Feb 2022
Second to none LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2022
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 29 Jan 2022
Optimum Thomas Joseph 26 Jan 2022
Oscars adjective Universal 16 Jan 2022
Top-ranked Universal 13 Jan 2022
Outdo LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2022
___-case scenario USA Today 03 Jan 2022
As good as possible The Guardian Quick 28 Dec 2021
Optimum The Telegraph Quick 23 Dec 2021
Unsurpassed LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2021
___ Picture (top Oscar award)
Second to none at the start of 11 across Irish Times Crosaire 19 Nov 2021
Top-quality LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2021
… worst risks son's raised
... worst risks son's raised The Guardian Cryptic 11 Nov 2021
Highest-quality
Optimal The Telegraph Quick 28 Oct 2021
The Number One starting for all sides today Irish Times Crosaire 23 Oct 2021
Common awards word The Washington Post 20 Oct 2021
Common awards word LA Times Daily 20 Oct 2021
Top New York Times 19 Oct 2021
'You're My ___ Friend' (Queen song) USA Today 14 Oct 2021
"My ___ Friend's Wedding" (Julia Roberts starrer)
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 12 Oct 2021
Unsurpassed Newsday 08 Oct 2021
Outdo Universal 08 Oct 2021
Most optimal Universal 28 Sep 2021
Highest in quality Newsday 28 Sep 2021
Optimal Canadiana 27 Sep 2021
Tops New York Times 26 Sep 2021
First defeat The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Sep 2021
Part of BFF Family Time 19 Sep 2021
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 13 Sep 2021
Surpass, or unsurpassed Wall Street Journal 11 Sep 2021
"Yours truly" alternative LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2021
'Yours truly' alternative The Washington Post 04 Sep 2021
Optimum The Telegraph Quick 19 Aug 2021
Finest possible Newsday 18 Aug 2021
Oscars category adjective LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2021
Oscars category adjective The Washington Post 09 Aug 2021
Greatest USA Today 29 Jul 2021
Outplay LA Times Daily 29 Jul 2021
Outplay The Washington Post 29 Jul 2021
Opposite of worst USA Today 02 Jul 2021
The "B" in BFF Universal 27 Jun 2021
"Save the ___ for last"
Letter ender, perhaps Newsday 19 Jun 2021
James ___, actor who played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the action-comedy series "The Dukes of Hazzard"
First defeat
Word in a Tony Award USA Today 25 Apr 2021
'The ___' (Tina Turner hit) USA Today 13 Apr 2021
Sample of microbes tested in the cream Irish Times Crosaire 07 Apr 2021
Top scorer (on and off the pitch)
Opposite of worst USA Today 29 Mar 2021
A BFF word Family Time 14 Mar 2021
Optimum The Telegraph Quick 04 Mar 2021
Most excellent footballer The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2021
Optimum The Sun Two Speed 28 Feb 2021
Oscar category adjective Wall Street Journal 23 Feb 2021
'It's for the ___' Jonesin 12 Jan 2021
Outclass Newsday 07 Jan 2021
Optimum Eugene Sheffer 05 Jan 2021
Good, better, ___
Heartless creature is worst
Battered beef so dodgy — after this?
Outdo LA Times Daily 08 Nov 2020
More than better
Outdo The Washington Post 08 Nov 2020
__ man LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2020
__ man The Washington Post 28 Oct 2020
Winning a blue ribbon New York Times 12 Oct 2020
Second to none Newsday 12 Oct 2020
Most favorable Newsday 20 Sep 2020
Highest in quality Newsday 14 Sep 2020
___ man (groomsman)
Optimal Thomas Joseph 22 Jul 2020
Top-of-the-line New York Times 21 Jul 2020
___ in show (canine award) New York Times 20 Jul 2020
Amongst microbes tested in the cream Irish Times Crosaire 17 Jul 2020
Superlative New York Times 13 Jul 2020
Correspondence sign-off LA Times Daily 12 Jul 2020
Correspondence sign-off The Washington Post 12 Jul 2020
Numero uno Universal 23 Jun 2020
To the highest degree Newsday 14 Jun 2020
Take down Newsday 30 May 2020
Optimal Wall Street Journal 30 May 2020
"___ That You Can Do," song from the movie "Arthur" that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981
Alternative to 'Yours truly' New York Times 28 May 2020
Famous sportsman, ‘The Greatest'
Academy Awards word Wall Street Journal 16 May 2020
Finest USA Today 07 May 2020
Most successful, getting shilling in wager
Worst footballer? The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Apr 2020
Academy Award adjective The Washington Post Sunday 12 Apr 2020
Good, better, ___
Top-rated Thomas Joseph 19 Mar 2020
Award adjective LA Times Daily 12 Feb 2020
Award adjective The Washington Post 12 Feb 2020
___ Picture (Oscars category)
The ___ Burger in New York, Marshall's find from "How I Met Your Mother"
Of the highest grade
Finest — and worst?
Common letter closer Newsday 13 Dec 2019
Footballer George The Telegraph Quick 10 Dec 2019
Least bad Universal 10 Nov 2019
Second to none LA Times Daily 06 Nov 2019
Second to none The Washington Post 06 Nov 2019
Top-of-the-line Universal 04 Nov 2019
*Top, or tops Universal 29 Oct 2019
Part of BFF New York Times 01 Oct 2019
Defeat New York Times 25 Sep 2019
Numero uno, with "the" LA Times Daily 16 Sep 2019
Numero uno, with 'the' The Washington Post 16 Sep 2019
Overcome famous footballer The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Sep 2019
Friendly email sign-off Universal 07 Sep 2019
Better than better Family Time 25 Aug 2019
Oscars adjective Universal 10 Aug 2019
Most excellent The Times Concise 30 Jul 2019
Informal letter signoff USA Today 21 Jul 2019
Most impressive of the bunch
Ultimate effort Newsday 14 Jun 2019
Oscar category word USA Today 11 Jun 2019
Outdo The Telegraph Quick 14 May 2019
___ man (groomsman)
''Level'' effort Newsday 03 May 2019
Maradona good, Pelé better, George? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Apr 2019
Banting and ____ (Insulin discoverers ) Canadiana 15 Apr 2019
Oscars word USA Today 12 Apr 2019
Common email sign-off word New York Times 01 Apr 2019
Highest-quality Newsday 01 Apr 2019
Worst in a competition New York Times 14 Mar 2019
Outperform Wall Street Journal 07 Mar 2019
Superlatively good Irish Times Simplex 01 Mar 2019
Place higher than Newsday 16 Feb 2019
Cream of the crop The Washington Post 16 Jan 2019
"A-one" word for a winner
Cream of the crop LA Times Daily 16 Jan 2019
Numero uno, with "the"
Outdo
Outperform
Cream of the crop
Common email sign-off word
Defeat
*Top, or tops
Worst in a competition
Part of BFF
Correspondence sign-off
One-word letter closing
Oscar category word
Informal letter signoff
Top-of-the-line
Oscars adjective
Friendly email sign-off
Outdo Newsday 21 Dec 2018
Second to none Wall Street Journal 12 Dec 2018
Ultimately better? Universal 12 Dec 2018
Oscar adjective Wall Street Journal 11 Dec 2018
Maradona good — Pelé better — George? The Sun Two Speed 07 Dec 2018
It has none better Universal 23 Nov 2018
Worst as verb, not as adjective The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Oct 2018
Vanquish Wall Street Journal 13 Oct 2018
Defeat the pick of the bunch The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Oct 2018
Triumph over Wall Street Journal 10 Oct 2018
Optimal Premier Sunday 16 Sep 2018
One-up New York Times 08 Sep 2018
& 22 Old churchgoer's habit of jiggling bust? It's covering bottom of blouse
Second to none on all sides today Irish Times Crosaire 18 Aug 2018
Live on street that's most desirable The Telegraph Toughie 08 Aug 2018
Blue-ribbon USA Today 19 Jul 2018
Worst gamble accommodating son The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2018
Unexcelled Newsday 08 Jul 2018
Of the highest quality Newsday 25 Jun 2018
Sunday ___ New York Times 22 Jun 2018
Most appropriate wager about son
Top New York Times 07 Jun 2018
Most outstanding Newsday 20 May 2018
___ practice The Washington Post Sunday 13 May 2018
Optimal Newsday 13 May 2018
With 51-Down, tops LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2018
With 51-Down, tops The Washington Post 14 Apr 2018
Outwit; most excellent The Times Concise 03 Apr 2018
What nothing is better than Family Time 12 Mar 2018
Finest Premier Sunday 11 Mar 2018
"Save the ___ for Last" (better than everything else)
Cream of the crop Universal 04 Mar 2018
It's better than better Universal 21 Feb 2018
Top-quality Newsday 14 Feb 2018
Highest in quality LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2018
Highest in quality The Washington Post 22 Jan 2018
Oscars superlative USA Today 20 Jan 2018
Top of the line The Washington Post 15 Jan 2018
Top of the line LA Times Daily 15 Jan 2018
Second to none USA Today 15 Jan 2018
Worst The Times Concise 07 Jan 2018
Sunday ___
One-up
Ultimately better?
Highest in quality
It has none better
Blue-ribbon
Oscar adjective LA Times Daily 01 Jan 2018
Oscars superlative
Oscar adjective
With 51-Down, tops
It's better than better
Top
Oscar adjective The Washington Post 01 Jan 2018
Top of the line
Second to none
Vanquish
Second to none
Oscar adjective
Triumph over
Top-shelf Newsday 22 Dec 2017
Brightest's cohort Universal 30 Nov 2017
It's better than better Family Time 12 Nov 2017
Defeat good enemy?
Worthy of a blue ribbon USA Today 28 Aug 2017
Oscars category word USA Today 10 Aug 2017
Unsurpassable Newsday 20 Jul 2017
#1 Wall Street Journal 05 Jul 2017
Drummer replaced by Starr USA Today 01 Jul 2017
It's better than better (with "the") Universal 26 Jun 2017
Part of BFF Family Time 26 Jun 2017
Most suitably The Times Concise 09 Jun 2017
Leading LA Times Daily 09 Jun 2017
Leading The Washington Post 09 Jun 2017
Amongst microbes traditionally in the cream Irish Times Crosaire 29 May 2017
Pete, the Beatles' drummer before Starr USA Today 21 May 2017
Award category word New York Times 07 May 2017
Beat LA Times Daily 29 Apr 2017
Beat The Washington Post 29 Apr 2017
Overcome New York Times 09 Apr 2017
Worst as one part of speech, but only one
Top of the line USA Today 26 Feb 2017
Top-shelf New York Times 29 Jan 2017
Most desirable Newsday 09 Jan 2017
Award category word
Overcome
Top of the line
Pete, the Beatles' drummer before Starr
Oscars category word
Drummer replaced by Starr
Leading
Beat
Top-shelf
Brightest's cohort
It's better than better (with "the")
Worthy of a blue ribbon
Top-ranked Newsday 28 Dec 2016
Word used when there is none better? Universal 16 Dec 2016
Outdo George? The Telegraph Toughie 29 Nov 2016
Casual sign-off in a letter New York Times 22 Nov 2016
Cream LA Times Daily 20 Nov 2016
Better than good Universal 10 Sep 2016
Nonpareil LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2016
Top footballer of yesteryear
Oscar title starter Universal 27 Jun 2016
Finish ahead of New York Times 19 Jun 2016
Top-of-the-line USA Today 13 Jun 2016
Outwit Wall Street Journal 14 May 2016
Top man on the 24 across
Unequaled Premier Sunday 24 Apr 2016
Tip-top The Washington Post 13 Apr 2016
Word in most Grammy categories The Washington Post 10 Apr 2016
Outduel, e.g New York Times 06 Apr 2016
Oscar superlative Universal 01 Apr 2016
Outsmart Jonesin 02 Feb 2016
First-rate Eugene Sheffer 29 Jan 2016
A+++ New York Times 25 Jan 2016
Perfect chance to tour the south
A+++ The Washington Post 04 Jan 2016
Nonpareil
A+++
Top-of-the-line
Casual sign-off in a letter
Finish ahead of
Cream
Word used when there is none better?
Oscar title starter
Highest quality Newsday 16 Nov 2015
Most suitable Universal 11 Nov 2015
Unsurpassable Eugene Sheffer 17 Oct 2015
Finest — and worst!
Number one LA Times Daily 05 Oct 2015
See 44-Down LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2015
Cream of the crop New York Times 14 Sep 2015
Limit of one's ability The Guardian Quick 11 Jul 2015
First word in every Academy Award category New York Times 26 May 2015
Win against the cream
Top shape
Overcome Newsday 01 May 2015
Supreme The Telegraph Quick 16 Apr 2015
Unsurpassed, or surpass LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2015
Top-rated Eugene Sheffer 09 Apr 2015
Better than better Universal 06 Mar 2015
Defeat unbeatable The Telegraph Toughie 26 Feb 2015
Order he's forgotten for cream
Highest in quality
Most suitable
Unsurpassed, or surpass
Like the blue ribbon winner
Highest quality
Overcome
Second to none
Top-quality
Nonpareil
Beat
Better than better
Second to none
Unsurpassed, or surpass
See 44-Down
Number one
First word in every Academy Award category
Cream of the crop
Cream tea finally regurgitated by animal
Famous footballer (most excellent)
Wager about second finest achievement
Cream of the crop
Awards show superlative
__ in Show: dog prize
Crème de la crème
Get the better of
Vanessa Williams "Save the ___ for Last"
Original Beatles drummer Pete
Good's superlative
Outdo
Highest-quality
Better superlative
Old sporting hero Coe over time
Top footballer once
Word on an Oscar
Top-rate
Greatest
Top
Foo Fighters "___ of You"
Word before friend or seller
What father knows?
Brief letter closing
With "in" and 25-Down, blue ribbon earner
Start of the title for every Oscar
Foremost
Oscar category word
"It's for the ___" Straylight Run
Oscar category word
Cream of the crop
Outdo
Unexcelled
As good as it gets
Outdo
A-number-one
Defeat
Word in an award category
See 88-Down
Finest
Finest
Pete from the Beatles
Top-of-the-line
See 88-Down
Second to none
Like the champ
Letter closer
Cream of the crop
Letter ender, perhaps
Letter sign-off
Gold medalist, vis- -vis competitors
As good as it gets
Foremost
Top of the line
Part of BFF
"___ in Show"
With 10-Down, favored the most
Optimal
As good as it gets
Gold medalist, vis-à-vis competitors
Letter sign-off
Tops
Met basso
___ in Show (Westminster prize)
Word on Oscars
Top-shelf
Tops
Blue ribbon-worthy
At the top of the heap
Crème de la crème
"__ in Show"
Film-award word
"Father Knows ___"
Top
Optimal
"__ in Show"
Cream of the crop
Blue ribbon-worthy
At the top of the heap
___ Actress (Oscar category that Halle Berry was the first African-American woman to win in 2002)
Letter sign-off
New York Times ___-seller list (prestigious roster of literary works since 1942)
Top of the line
Most helpful
Optimal
Oscars word
#1
Top
Second-to-none
Like a 63 Across?
Pre-Starr Beatle
Excelling all others
Prize-winning
Second to none
Nonpareil
Vanquish
Outperform
Second to none
Top
Cream of the crop
Starr predecessor
Starr predecessor
Top-quality
Top-rated
Oscar-night word
Top-quality
With 21-Across, theme of this puzzle
Outdo
Outcompete
Better than better
Oscar superlative
Word on a blue ribbon
Superlatively good
Deserving a blue ribbon
Outrun, say
Tops
Finest possible
A-one
Tops
Top
Compilation word
Kindest regards
Outrun, say
Overthrow
___ in Show (Westminster prize)
Top of the heap
Top
Most outstanding
Conquer
Award-category word
Word before boy or man
Kindest regards
How father knows
Blue-ribbon word
Word on a blue ribbon
Defeat
Nonpareil
Optimal
Tops
Brightest cohort
Word on a blue ribbon
Vanquish
Top
Primo
Brightest cohort
Oscar title starter
Brief letter sign-off
Foremost
Paramount
Trump
Superlative of good
Eclipse
"The ___ Is Yet to Come"
Oscar superlative
Sunday garb?
Gold medal-winning
Brief letter sign-off
#1
With 47-Down, what the films in this puzzle are nominated for
Unmatched
Vanquish
Kindest regards
Superior
Top-shelf
Top of the line
Top-rated
Superior
A+
Greatest
Informal letter closing
Tops in quality
Top spot
Top of the heap
Second to none
Taking the blue ribbon
Trounce
Top of the line
Ten recipient
Outsmart
Defeat
Optimum
Unexcelled
Unsurpassed
Crème de la crème
Worst or finest
Rating a blue ribbon
Win out over
Top-of-the-line
Outperform
Award-worthy
More than better
More than better
Topnotch
To the highest degree
Optimum condition
Number one
Type of bet
Superlatively good
"__ in Show": 2000 film
Most outstanding
Most desirable
Type of bet
Superlatively good
"__ in Show": 2000 film
Defeat
First-place
Primo
One-up
Outdo
One-up
Most advantageous
Beat
Champ
Highest-quality
Type of man or boy
Most advantageous
Old-time actress Edna
One-up
Inferior to none
With 47-Across, Academy Award category
Word on an Oscar
Word with boy or man
Of the highest quality
Surpassing all others
Top-shelf
Most desirable
Meriting medals
Brief letter closing
Tops
Defeat
Like all-stars
Most outstanding
Sunday clothing?
Part of TCBY
Top-level
TV's 'Father Knows _____'
Sunday clothing?
Most outstanding
Like all-stars
Top of the line
Superlative
Oscar word
Word before friend or seller
"__ in Show" (movie picked as one of 2000's top 10 by the American Film Institute)
"It was the ___ of times...": Dickens
Vanquish
Unsurpassed
Sunday garb?
Outdo
Get the better of
Tops
First-rate
Brief letter sign-off
Informal letter signoff
Numero uno
Whip
First-rate
Top bishop is in Paris
Finest
Top of the line
Bet or buy lead-in
Tops
Optimal
Of top quality
Top-level
Of the highest grade
Most qualified
Defeat
Top of the line
"Hit Me With Your _____ Shot"
Utmost
___ wishes
Tops
Unsurpassed
Most suitable
Ride starter
Top-quality
Sunday ___ (finery)
Optimal
First place
A+
Top of the heap
Overcome
Number one
Optimal
Superlative
Top quality
Good's superlative
Unsurpassed
Actress Edna
Most desirable
Defeat
Tiptop
Letter closing
Insurance writer A.M._____
Supreme
Overpower
Worst
A-one
Better than better
Outstrip
___ bower (spare anchor)
Elite
WORST
Optimum
Drummer Pete
Carter's "Why Not the ___?"
Trounce
Kind of man or seller
Worst, in a way
"___ wishes!"
Outwit
Co-discoverer of insulin
Beatle drummer before Starr
"___ Foot Forward"
Matchless
Outscore
"Father Knows ___"
British actress: 1900–74
Met basso
Girl or seller
Kind of man
Foot to put forward
Superfine
Edna of stage
Kind of seller
Nonpareil
Edna of theater
It's yet to be, to Browning
Actress Edna
Witness of a sort, with 50 Across
Edna or Herbert.
"The ___ is yet to be."
Most desirable.
Tops.
Most excellent.
Finest.
Optimum.
Par excellence.
Excelling all.
In the highest degree.
Matchless.
The most one can do.
All for the ___.
Worst.
Largest.
Finest clothes.
Utmost.
Excel.
Defeat.
Outdo.
___ wishes.
Outstrip.
Most.
Unsurpassed.
Top of the line.
Most productive of good.
One's finest clothes.
Most choice.
Superlative.
"Actions ___ discover man."—Pope.
The March Hare's "___ butter."
Cheers alternative
To the highest degree.
Like a winner
Defeat or excel.
Like the champ
See 39-Across
Tiptop.
Topnotch.
Actress Edna.
The top.
Edna of the theatre.
First grade.
Prime.
Second to none.
Surpass.
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