| ___ of the ___ (most elite group) |
|
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| 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) |
|
|
| Good, better,- |
|
|
| Defeat the greatest! (4) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Inferior to none |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
|
|
| ____ in Show, mockumentary film |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Outperform |
Wall Street Journal |
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!" |
|
|
| The most magnificent defeat |
|
|
| GOATed |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
| It's most advisable to have a beanfeast outside (4) |
|
|
| Optimum |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2024 |
| 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 |
| Work email sign-off |
New York Times Mini |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Pete briefly in the Beatles |
|
|
| "- 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 |
| "You're the ___!" |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2024 |
| It's the most you can do |
|
|
| Vanquish |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Wager about small top |
|
|
| Common email sign-off |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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) |
|
|
| Word that can precede "life" or "looking" |
|
|
| Of the highest quality; defeat, outwit |
The Times Concise |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Finest of tube stations |
|
|
| Top-of-the-line |
Universal |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Top bets may be lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
| Julia Roberts movie, My ... Friend's Wedding |
|
|
| Highest-quality |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| Beat the unbeatable |
|
|
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 May 2024 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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? (4) |
|
|
| Live with Saint George? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Apr 2024 |
| "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) |
|
|
| "Save the ___ for last" |
|
|
| Second to none |
Commuter |
05 Feb 2024 |
| 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 |
| Top bets are lost |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Supreme |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
| Word in most Academy Award titles |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Get the better of one in the highest degree (4) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Word etched on most Oscar statuettes |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2023 |
| Kind of man or boy? |
|
|
| "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 |
| Word in many award category names |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Outwit |
Wall Street Journal |
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 |
| ... worst risks son's raised |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Nov 2021 |
| … worst risks son's raised |
|
|
| Top-quality |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Common awards word |
The Washington Post |
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 |
| Highest in quality |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Most optimal |
Universal |
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 |
The Washington Post |
04 Sep 2021 |
| "Yours truly" alternative |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Optimum |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Finest possible |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Oscars category adjective |
The Washington Post |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Oscars category adjective |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Greatest |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2021 |
| Outplay |
The Washington Post |
29 Jul 2021 |
| Outplay |
LA Times Daily |
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? |
|
|
| More than better |
|
|
| Outdo |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Outdo |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2020 |
| __ man |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2020 |
| __ man |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Second to none |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2020 |
| Winning a blue ribbon |
New York Times |
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 |
The Washington Post |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Correspondence sign-off |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Numero uno |
Universal |
23 Jun 2020 |
| To the highest degree |
Newsday |
14 Jun 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 |
|
|
| Take down |
Newsday |
30 May 2020 |
| 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 |
The Washington Post |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Award adjective |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
The Washington Post |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Second to none |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| Highest-quality |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Common email sign-off word |
New York Times |
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 |
| "A-one" word for a winner |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2019 |
| Cream of the crop |
The Washington Post |
16 Jan 2019 |
| *Top, or tops |
|
|
| Outperform |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Part of BFF |
|
|
| One-word letter closing |
|
|
| Worst in a competition |
|
|
| Oscar category word |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Numero uno, with "the" |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Correspondence sign-off |
|
|
| Informal letter signoff |
|
|
| Common email sign-off word |
|
|
| Top-of-the-line |
|
|
| Oscars adjective |
|
|
| Friendly email sign-off |
|
|
| Outdo |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Ultimately better? |
Universal |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Second to none |
Wall Street Journal |
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 |
| Triumph over |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Defeat the pick of the bunch |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
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 |
| Optimal |
Newsday |
13 May 2018 |
| ___ practice |
The Washington Post Sunday |
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 |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Highest in quality |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Oscars superlative |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Top of the line |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Second to none |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Top of the line |
The Washington Post |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Worst |
The Times Concise |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Oscar adjective |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Vanquish |
|
|
| Triumph over |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Oscar adjective |
|
|
| It has none better |
|
|
| Ultimately better? |
|
|
| It's better than better |
|
|
| One-up |
|
|
| Blue-ribbon |
|
|
| Oscars superlative |
|
|
| Highest in quality |
|
|
| Oscar adjective |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Oscar adjective |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Top |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Sunday ___ |
|
|
| With 51-Down, tops |
|
|
| 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 |
| Part of BFF |
Family Time |
26 Jun 2017 |
| It's better than better (with "the") |
Universal |
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 |
|
|
| Beat |
|
|
| Leading |
|
|
| Worthy of a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Overcome |
|
|
| Top-shelf |
|
|
| Brightest's cohort |
|
|
| It's better than better (with "the") |
|
|
| Drummer replaced by Starr |
|
|
| Oscars category word |
|
|
| Pete, the Beatles' drummer before Starr |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| 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 |
| Cream |
|
|
| Casual sign-off in a letter |
|
|
| Finish ahead of |
|
|
| Oscar title starter |
|
|
| Word used when there is none better? |
|
|
| A+++ |
|
|
| Top-of-the-line |
|
|
| Nonpareil |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Number one |
|
|
| Most suitable |
|
|
| Unsurpassed, or surpass |
|
|
| See 44-Down |
|
|
| Better than better |
|
|
| Like the blue ribbon winner |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Beat |
|
|
| Unsurpassed, or surpass |
|
|
| Nonpareil |
|
|
| Highest in quality |
|
|
| Highest quality |
|
|
| Overcome |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Top-quality |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Better superlative |
|
|
| Good's superlative |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Original Beatles drummer Pete |
|
|
| Vanessa Williams "Save the ___ for Last" |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Highest-quality |
|
|
| __ in Show: dog prize |
|
|
| Awards show superlative |
|
|
| Crème de la crème |
|
|
| Old sporting hero Coe over time |
|
|
| Top footballer once |
|
|
| With "in" and 25-Down, blue ribbon earner |
|
|
| Top-rate |
|
|
| Oscar category word |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Unexcelled |
|
|
| Greatest |
|
|
| Oscar category word |
|
|
| As good as it gets |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Foremost |
|
|
| Start of the title for every Oscar |
|
|
| Foo Fighters "___ of You" |
|
|
| Brief letter closing |
|
|
| What father knows? |
|
|
| Word before friend or seller |
|
|
| Word on an Oscar |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| "It's for the ___" Straylight Run |
|
|
| Pete from the Beatles |
|
|
| See 88-Down |
|
|
| Like the champ |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Word in an award category |
|
|
| Top-of-the-line |
|
|
| Letter closer |
|
|
| See 88-Down |
|
|
| Finest |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| A-number-one |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Finest |
|
|
| Gold medalist, vis- -vis competitors |
|
|
| Word on Oscars |
|
|
| Top-shelf |
|
|
| Part of BFF |
|
|
| Met basso |
|
|
| Letter sign-off |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Gold medalist, vis-à-vis competitors |
|
|
| ___ in Show (Westminster prize) |
|
|
| As good as it gets |
|
|
| Foremost |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| With 10-Down, favored the most |
|
|
| "___ in Show" |
|
|
| Letter ender, perhaps |
|
|
| As good as it gets |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Letter sign-off |
|
|
| "Father Knows ___" |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| "__ in Show" |
|
|
| At the top of the heap |
|
|
| Film-award word |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Blue ribbon-worthy |
|
|
| Crème de la crème |
|
|
| "__ in Show" |
|
|
| At the top of the heap |
|
|
| Blue ribbon-worthy |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Pre-Starr Beatle |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Like a 63 Across? |
|
|
| Vanquish |
|
|
| Most helpful |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| ___ Actress (Oscar category that Halle Berry was the first African-American woman to win in 2002) |
|
|
| New York Times ___-seller list (prestigious roster of literary works since 1942) |
|
|
| Letter sign-off |
|
|
| Prize-winning |
|
|
| Nonpareil |
|
|
| Excelling all others |
|
|
| Second-to-none |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| Outperform |
|
|
| #1 |
|
|
| Oscars word |
|
|
| Deserving a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Superlatively good |
|
|
| Starr predecessor |
|
|
| Top-rated |
|
|
| Top-quality |
|
|
| Cream of the crop |
|
|
| Starr predecessor |
|
|
| With 21-Across, theme of this puzzle |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Word on a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Oscar-night word |
|
|
| Outcompete |
|
|
| Better than better |
|
|
| Oscar superlative |
|
|
| Top-quality |
|
|
| Top of the heap |
|
|
| Compilation word |
|
|
| How father knows |
|
|
| Kindest regards |
|
|
| Overthrow |
|
|
| ___ in Show (Westminster prize) |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Blue-ribbon word |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Outrun, say |
|
|
| Kindest regards |
|
|
| Conquer |
|
|
| Most outstanding |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Award-category word |
|
|
| Word before boy or man |
|
|
| Outrun, say |
|
|
| A-one |
|
|
| Finest possible |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Word on a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Eclipse |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Oscar title starter |
|
|
| Primo |
|
|
| Vanquish |
|
|
| Trump |
|
|
| "The ___ Is Yet to Come" |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Word on a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| Foremost |
|
|
| Brightest cohort |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Paramount |
|
|
| Nonpareil |
|
|
| Superlative of good |
|
|
| Brief letter sign-off |
|
|
| Brightest cohort |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Brief letter sign-off |
|
|
| A+ |
|
|
| Sunday garb? |
|
|
| Second to none |
|
|
| Top-rated |
|
|
| Unmatched |
|
|
| Top spot |
|
|
| Informal letter closing |
|
|
| Vanquish |
|
|
| Top-shelf |
|
|
| Superior |
|
|
| Greatest |
|
|
| With 47-Down, what the films in this puzzle are nominated for |
|
|
| #1 |
|
|
| Gold medal-winning |
|
|
| Tops in quality |
|
|
| Top of the heap |
|
|
| Oscar superlative |
|
|
| Kindest regards |
|
|
| Superior |
|
|
| Superlatively good |
|
|
| "__ in Show": 2000 film |
|
|
| Taking the blue ribbon |
|
|
| Win out over |
|
|
| Top-of-the-line |
|
|
| Outperform |
|
|
| Award-worthy |
|
|
| Rating a blue ribbon |
|
|
| Optimum |
|
|
| More than better |
|
|
| Worst or finest |
|
|
| Crème de la crème |
|
|
| More than better |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Outsmart |
|
|
| Ten recipient |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Type of bet |
|
|
| Trounce |
|
|
| Unexcelled |
|
|
| Unsurpassed |
|
|
| Topnotch |
|
|
| "__ in Show": 2000 film |
|
|
| To the highest degree |
|
|
| Optimum condition |
|
|
| Number one |
|
|
| Most outstanding |
|
|
| Most desirable |
|
|
| Superlatively good |
|
|
| Type of bet |
|
|
| Word on an Oscar |
|
|
| Most advantageous |
|
|
| Beat |
|
|
| Most advantageous |
|
|
| One-up |
|
|
| Primo |
|
|
| Inferior to none |
|
|
| Highest-quality |
|
|
| Surpassing all others |
|
|
| Old-time actress Edna |
|
|
| First-place |
|
|
| Champ |
|
|
| Type of man or boy |
|
|
| One-up |
|
|
| With 47-Across, Academy Award category |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Word with boy or man |
|
|
| Of the highest quality |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| One-up |
|
|
| Meriting medals |
|
|
| Part of TCBY |
|
|
| TV's 'Father Knows _____' |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Sunday clothing? |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Sunday clothing? |
|
|
| Word before friend or seller |
|
|
| Top-shelf |
|
|
| Most outstanding |
|
|
| Most outstanding |
|
|
| Brief letter closing |
|
|
| Top-level |
|
|
| Oscar word |
|
|
| Like all-stars |
|
|
| Superlative |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Like all-stars |
|
|
| Most desirable |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Sunday garb? |
|
|
| "It was the ___ of times...": Dickens |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| "__ in Show" (movie picked as one of 2000's top 10 by the American Film Institute) |
|
|
| Unsurpassed |
|
|
| Vanquish |
|
|
| Whip |
|
|
| Utmost |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Most qualified |
|
|
| "Hit Me With Your _____ Shot" |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Top of the line |
|
|
| Numero uno |
|
|
| Informal letter signoff |
|
|
| Brief letter sign-off |
|
|
| Bet or buy lead-in |
|
|
| Top-level |
|
|
| Of the highest grade |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| Of top quality |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Top bishop is in Paris |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Finest |
|
|
| ___ wishes |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Most suitable |
|
|
| Unsurpassed |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| Ride starter |
|
|
| Sunday ___ (finery) |
|
|
| Top-quality |
|
|
| First place |
|
|
| Number one |
|
|
| Top of the heap |
|
|
| A+ |
|
|
| Overcome |
|
|
| Optimal |
|
|
| Top quality |
|
|
| Good's superlative |
|
|
| Superlative |
|
|
| Tiptop |
|
|
| Actress Edna |
|
|
| Defeat |
|
|
| Most desirable |
|
|
| Unsurpassed |
|
|
| Insurance writer A.M._____ |
|
|
| Letter closing |
|
|
| Overpower |
|
|
| Supreme |
|
|
| Worst |
|
|
| A-one |
|
|
| Better than better |
|
|
| Outstrip |
|
|
| ___ bower (spare anchor) |
|
|
| WORST |
|
|
| Elite |
|
|
| Optimum |
|
|
| Trounce |
|
|
| Drummer Pete |
|
|
| Carter's "Why Not the ___?" |
|
|
| Kind of man or seller |
|
|
| Worst, in a way |
|
|
| Outwit |
|
|
| "___ wishes!" |
|
|
| Beatle drummer before Starr |
|
|
| Co-discoverer of insulin |
|
|
| "___ Foot Forward" |
|
|
| Matchless |
|
|
| "Father Knows ___" |
|
|
| British actress: 1900–74 |
|
|
| Outscore |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Top of the line. |
|
|
| Outdo. |
|
|
| Defeat. |
|
|
| Utmost. |
|
|
| "Actions ___ discover man."—Pope. |
|
|
| The March Hare's "___ butter." |
|
|
| Superlative. |
|
|
| Finest clothes. |
|
|
| Largest. |
|
|
| Worst. |
|
|
| All for the ___. |
|
|
| Most. |
|
|
| The most one can do. |
|
|
| Tops. |
|
|
| Matchless. |
|
|
| In the highest degree. |
|
|
| Excelling all. |
|
|
| Par excellence. |
|
|
| Most excellent. |
|
|
| Most desirable. |
|
|
| Cheers alternative |
|
|
| "The ___ is yet to be." |
|
|
| Edna or Herbert. |
|
|
| Surpass. |
|
|
| Second to none. |
|
|
| First grade. |
|
|
| Defeat or excel. |
|
|
| To the highest degree. |
|
|
| Like a winner |
|
|
| Edna of the theatre. |
|
|
| The top. |
|
|
| Actress Edna. |
|
|
| Excel. |
|
|
| Optimum. |
|
|
| Finest. |
|
|
| Outstrip. |
|
|
| Most choice. |
|
|
| Prime. |
|
|
| ___ wishes. |
|
|
| One's finest clothes. |
|
|
| Topnotch. |
|
|
| Tiptop. |
|
|
| See 39-Across |
|
|
| Like the champ |
|
|
| Unsurpassed. |
|
|
| Most productive of good. |
|
|