| Do without king and church? Fantastic! |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Excellent, first class (3-5) |
Mirror Classic |
10 Oct 2025 |
| First-rate (3-5) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Excellent high mark (on the bedpost) |
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| Unsurpassed, A-1 (3-5) |
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| First-rate |
New York Times |
07 May 2025 |
| Excellent shirt, not check? (3-5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Excellent or of very good quality (3,5) |
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| Excellent climbing plant not identified by children (3-5) |
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| To be really good, it's best not to start cheating (3,5) |
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| Superb century after doubling into pocket set back champion |
The Times Mephisto |
01 Sep 2024 |
| First-rate spinner isn't Chinese (3-5) |
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| First-class |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Excellent spinner, Nick (3-5) |
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| Best quality pot returned... Not Chinese... (3,5) |
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| High quality (inf) |
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| Of the highest quality |
Mirror Classic |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Excellent spinning toy found by Nick (3-5) |
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| Outdo Nick? Excellent! (3-5) |
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| First-rate |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Excellent (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Aug 2023 |
| The very best |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Superb |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Feb 2023 |
| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2022 |
| First-class score against spinner |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Leading score, first-rate |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Oct 2022 |
| First-rate |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| First-rate |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Five-star |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Highest score is excellent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Better score's excellent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Superb |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Superb (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Surpass score that's excellent |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2019 |
| First-rate |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2018 |
| Tavener's first work -- score is superb |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Mar 2018 |
| First-rate |
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| Exceptional flower holder upset by not going to church |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Sep 2017 |
| A-one |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Fine score with set up snooker shot |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jul 2017 |
| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Feb 2017 |
| Exceptional |
Universal |
15 Nov 2016 |
| First-class |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Excellent spinning toy, no titch shunning it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2016 |
| Superb spinner cut |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 May 2016 |
| Toy first pair of children is holding not of the best quality |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2016 |
| First-class |
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| Exceptional |
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| Exceptional |
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| Primo |
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| A-one |
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| Primo |
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| Dynamite |
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| A-one |
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| Bang-up |
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| A-one |
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| Smashing |
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| First-rate |
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| Unbeatable |
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| First-rate |
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| Bang-up |
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| A-one. |
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| Unsurpassed. |
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| Best. |
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