| Excellent |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2026 |
| A-one |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2025 |
| First to an Italian? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Top-ranked |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Top-notch, informally |
New York Times Mini |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Top-notch |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2025 |
| River going round edge in the first place (5) |
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| Top-drawer |
LA Times Mini |
10 May 2025 |
| First and second behind Charles half obscured (5) |
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| Of the utmost quality |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2025 |
| ___ Levi, Italian writer (5) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Mar 2025 |
| At first, in the beginning |
The Times O Tempora |
08 Mar 2025 |
| In the first place it's nothing more than over-demure (5) |
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| Top-drawer |
LA Times Mini |
05 Oct 2024 |
| First-class |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| A-one |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Canadian brand of canned tomatoes, sauces and pastas |
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| First-rate, in slang |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 May 2024 |
| ***** Levi, Italian chemist and writer born in 1919 (5) |
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| Italian course before secondo |
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| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Italian for "first", hence the top or leading part in a piano duet (5) |
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| Beyond compare |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Holocaust survivor and author of If This Is a Man (1947) |
The Guardian Weekend |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Top-notch |
Universal |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Top-shelf |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Top-notch |
Universal |
01 May 2023 |
| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Formally correct old part of duet |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Cousin, in Spanish |
Universal |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Top-notch |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Fancy, in slang |
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| Fancy, in slang |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-notch |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2022 |
| One in pair leading second |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Top-notch, slangily |
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| First-class |
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| First-class |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2021 |
| First-class |
Premier Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
| Key player in commercial having change of heart |
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| Player of the upper part in a piano duet |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| First-class |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Super |
Family Time |
13 Dec 2020 |
| De-e-eluxe |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Top-quality |
Universal |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Grade A |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Top-shelf, informally |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Top-notch |
Newsday |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Real good |
USA Today |
09 May 2020 |
| First-class |
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| Very good |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Top-drawer |
|
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| Top-drawer |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Top-quality, slangily |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2019 |
| The best, informally |
|
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| First-rate, in slang |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 May 2019 |
| Super |
|
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| Super |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Top-quality, slangily |
|
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| Super |
|
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| Elevated notes may be associated with such old-maidish love |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Top-drawer |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Flawless, to Pietro |
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| First-class |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2018 |
| Choice |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Choice |
|
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| Top-drawer |
|
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| First-class |
|
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| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2017 |
| Top-quality, so to speak |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Superb, slangily |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Top shelf |
Universal |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Top shelf |
|
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| Superb, slangily |
|
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| First-class |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Player having edge in work tipped |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Dec 2016 |
| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-rated |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Excellent, in slang |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Group in circulation after proper lead singer |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Sep 2016 |
| First-rate, slangily |
Universal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Top-drawer |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2016 |
| No amateur, this person's bound to get leading role |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jun 2016 |
| First-rate |
|
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| Initially rather proper, before love |
|
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| A-one |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2016 |
| A-one |
|
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| First-class |
|
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| Top-quality |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2015 |
| First-rate |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Top-of-the-line |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2015 |
| First love, over-demure to begin with |
|
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| Super |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Top-quality |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-of-the-line |
|
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| Super |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-quality, slangily |
|
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| First formal ball |
|
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| Name for a first "figlio" |
|
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| First-class |
|
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| Choice |
|
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| First-class, in slang |
|
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| Top-notch, slangily |
|
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| Top-drawer, slangily |
|
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| Bitchin' |
|
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| First among Italians |
|
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| Tops |
|
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| First-rate, informally |
|
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| Top-quality, in slang |
|
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| Tops |
|
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| Top-notch, slangily |
|
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| A-number-one |
|
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| Excellent, slangily |
|
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| First-class, informally |
|
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| Top-quality |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| A-one |
|
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| Of the best quality |
|
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| The best |
|
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| Choice |
|
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| Very valuable, slangily |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| A-number-one |
|
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| Choice |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Excellent |
|
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| First-class |
|
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| Top-notch, in slang |
|
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| Top-notch, in slang |
|
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| Topnotch |
|
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| Choice |
|
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| Topnotch |
|
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| First-class, so to speak |
|
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| A-one |
|
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| Choice |
|
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| Top-rated |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| First-class, in slang |
|
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| Of the highest quality, slangily |
|
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| A-1 |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| Top-notch |
|
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| A-one |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| Absolutely fabulous |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| First-class |
|
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| Tip-top |
|
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| Excellent |
|
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| Excellent, slangily |
|
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| Super |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| Excellent |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| First class |
|
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| Superb |
|
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| First-rate |
|
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| First-class, in slang |
|
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| Carnera of "Mighty Joe Young" |
|
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| First-rate, slangily |
|
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| A-1 |
|
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| Italian first |
|
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| Duet part |
|
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| First-rate, slangily |
|
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| Top-rated |
|
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| Author Levi |
|
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| First-class (slang) |
|
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| Heavyweight Carnera |
|
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| Excellent! |
|
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| Ensemble's leading part |
|
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| Of the best quality |
|
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| First-class, in slang |
|
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| Carnera of boxing |
|
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| Heavyweight champ Carnera: 1933 |
|
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| ___ violino |
|
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| Boxer Carnera |
|
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| First part |
|
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| Carnera of ring fame |
|
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| In the first place |
|
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| Carnera of boxing fame |
|
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| In music, first: Ital. |
|
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| Boxing champion of 1933. |
|
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| Carnera |
|
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| First: It. |
|
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| Leading part: Mus. |
|
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| ___ de Rivera, Spanish general. |
|
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| First part, as in a duet or trio. |
|
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| The best |
|
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| Boxer Carnera. |
|
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| Sig. Carnera. |
|
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| First-class |
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