| Best by a little |
New York Times Mini |
21 Oct 2025 |
| A point ahead |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Outdo |
Universal |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Slightly ahead |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Outdo |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Slightly outdo |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Outdo |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Singularly leading on top (3-2) |
|
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| Outdo |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Best |
Universal |
17 May 2025 |
| Go even better than |
|
|
| Slightly ahead |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Get the last jab in |
|
|
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Do better than |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Extra life, in video games |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Outdo |
Premier Sunday |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Extra life, to Mario |
|
|
| Get the better of in a petty way |
|
|
| Top |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Best |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2025 |
| What a green mushroom gives in Mario games |
|
|
| At an advantage when dice land with the six facing down (3-2) |
|
|
| Do better than |
Commuter |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Do better than |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Tone up without leaf drink to be at an advantage (3-2) |
|
|
| Outperform |
Commuter |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Outdo |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Ahead by a single match (3-2) |
|
|
| Top, in a way |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Get ahead, using the art of ____manship |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Outdo |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Better |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Top |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Do a little bit better than |
|
|
| Do better than |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2024 |
| At an advantage singularly leading (3-2) |
|
|
| Get the last word in, maybe |
|
|
| Just ahead of you, say, in exciting Open (3-2) |
|
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| New Open University having the edge (3-2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Gain an advantage |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Outdo showily |
|
|
| Outdo |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Not tense, become healthier showing advantage? (3-2) |
|
|
| A person out of bed is at an advantage (3-2) |
|
|
| *Beat by a little, as in joke telling |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Best |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Do a bit better than |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Outdo |
LA Times Mini |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Outdo |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Outperform |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2023 |
| Leading by a point |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Best |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Outdo |
Universal |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Transcend |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Outdo |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Gain an edge on |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Outperform |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2023 |
| Do slightly better than |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Extra life, in video games |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2023 |
| Do even better than |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Do better than |
Universal |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Surpass |
Universal |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Barely ahead |
Premier Sunday |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Get the better of |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Outdo |
Universal |
15 May 2022 |
| Outwit |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2022 |
| Outwit |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2022 |
| Do better than |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Extra life, in video games |
Universal |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Do better than |
Universal |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Outdo |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Top |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Do better than |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Extra life, in video gaming |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Do a bit better than |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Do a bit better than |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Outdo |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Slightly beat out |
Universal |
22 May 2021 |
| Top |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Outdo |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2021 |
| Do a bit better than |
USA Today |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Do better than |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Outdo |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Outdo by a little |
Jonesin |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Outdo |
Universal |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Slightly ahead |
Newsday |
31 May 2020 |
| Top |
USA Today |
12 May 2020 |
| Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Outdo |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Get the better of |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Outdo by a little: 2 wds. |
|
|
| Surpass |
Universal |
11 Oct 2019 |
| Do better than |
Universal |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Get the better of |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Best |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Outdo |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 May 2019 |
| Eclipse |
Newsday |
11 May 2019 |
| Best |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Best |
The Washington Post |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Do better than |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Best |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Do better than |
|
|
| Surpass |
|
|
| Do better than |
|
|
| Beat out |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Beat out |
The Washington Post |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Best |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Having the advantage |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Get the better of |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Get the better of |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Slightly ahead, in golf |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Outdo by a bit |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2018 |
| Get the better of |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2018 |
| Best 45. Run-down |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Do better than |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Mar 2018 |
| New Open University having the edge |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Beat out |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Do better than |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Outdo |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Do better than |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Leading by a point |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2017 |
| Marginally ahead |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Marginally ahead |
The Washington Post |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Do better than |
|
|
| Leading by a point |
|
|
| Marginally ahead |
|
|
| Ahead by a point |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2016 |
| Winning by a point |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Barely leading on the scoreboard |
Universal |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Better |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Barely ahead |
The Washington Post |
07 Mar 2016 |
| Barely leading on the scoreboard |
|
|
| Leading by a point |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Outwit |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Outdo pettily |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Barely ahead |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Get ahead of |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Get competitive with |
|
|
| Outdo pettily |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Just ahead |
|
|
| Get ahead of |
|
|
| Outwit |
|
|
| Barely ahead |
|
|
| Leading by a point |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Ahead by a point |
|
|
| Barely better |
|
|
| Outmaneuver |
|
|
| Keep a step ahead of |
|
|
| Better |
|
|
| Slightly ahead |
|
|
| Ahead by the smallest margin |
|
|
| Outmaneuver |
|
|
| Stay a step ahead of |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Extra life, in a video game |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Stay a step ahead of |
|
|
| Surpass |
|
|
| Top, in a way |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Surpass |
|
|
| Extra life, in video games |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Outperform |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Ahead, barely |
|
|
| Outdo, informally |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Stay a step ahead of |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Outperform |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Play a bit better than |
|
|
| Play a bit better than |
|
|
| Keeping a step ahead |
|
|
| Marginally ahead |
|
|
| Do better than |
|
|
| Go further than |
|
|
| Winning 3-2, e.g. |
|
|
| Outfox |
|
|
| Early Ping-Pong score |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Put down, in a way |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Surpass |
|
|
| Barely ahead |
|
|
| Outdo by a little |
|
|
| Slightly ahead in a game |
|
|
| A tie score |
|
|
| Ahead, barely |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Outwit |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Ahead of the game |
|
|
| Headed for overtime, maybe |
|
|
| Slightly ahead, in golf |
|
|
| Outthink |
|
|
| Trump |
|
|
| Slightly ahead |
|
|
| Outthink |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Get ahead of |
|
|
| Top, in a way |
|
|
| Surpass |
|
|
| Ahead |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Tie score |
|
|
| Put down, in a way |
|
|
| Beat |
|
|
| At an advantage |
|
|
| Get the better of |
|
|
| Barely ahead |
|
|
| Barely leading |
|
|
| Leading by a point |
|
|
| Gain an edge on |
|
|
| Top |
|
|
| Ahead of the game |
|
|
| Tied at a point apiece |
|
|
| Formatted in a single column |
|
|
| Ahead by a run |
|
|
| Better |
|
|
| Marginally ahead |
|
|
| Step ahead |
|
|
| Slightly ahead |
|
|
| Ahead of the game |
|
|
| Ahead on the links |
|
|
| Possessing the advantage |
|
|
| A stroke ahead, in golf |
|
|
| Outdo |
|
|
| Ahead, narrowly |
|
|
| A "manship" |
|
|
| Golfer's edge |
|
|
| Score in match golf |
|
|
| Narrow victory margin |
|
|
| Slightly ahead, in a golf game |
|
|
| A stroke ahead, in match play |
|
|
| Golf situation |
|
|
| Kind of manship |
|
|
| Result of a close golf match |
|
|
| Golf-match situation |
|
|
| Golf-match standing |
|
|
| Golf score |
|
|
| Tie score |
|
|
| Video game extender |
|
|
| Beat at H.O.R.S.E. |
|
|
| A jump ahead of the other fellow. |
|
|
| Term used in sports. |
|
|
| Ahead of an opponent, in sports. |
|
|
| Leading slightly in match play. |
|
|
| Golfing words |
|
|
| ___ on (ahead of). |
|
|
| Take ___ on. |
|
|
| Slightly ahead. |
|
|
| Ahead, in some games. |
|
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| Ahead, in a game. |
|
|
| A "manship." |
|
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| One of the manships |
|
|
| Ahead, as in golf. |
|
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| Ahead, as on the links. |
|
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