| Bests |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Spinning toys |
The New Yorker Mini |
05 Mar 2026 |
| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Feb 2026 |
| Blouses; spinning toys |
The Times Concise |
17 Jan 2026 |
| At most |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2026 |
| Spinning toys |
|
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| They go for a spin |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Best-in-class |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Peaks |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Spinning toys |
|
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| Toys that spin |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2025 |
| See 13 Across |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Blouses and tees |
Commuter |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Long jumpers possibly discontinue cycling |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Toy revolvers? (4) |
|
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| In retrospect, see to be the very best (4) |
|
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| Shirts, e.g. |
Universal |
10 Jun 2025 |
| At a maximum |
USA Today Quick |
10 Jun 2025 |
| T-shirts and such |
|
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| T-shirts, camisoles, etc. |
|
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| Best or bests |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2025 |
| Outperforms |
New York Times |
15 May 2025 |
| At the most |
USA Today Quick |
06 May 2025 |
| Blouses and T-shirts |
Commuter |
01 May 2025 |
| Gets to the head of work in a backstreet (4) |
|
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| At most |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2025 |
| The very best children's toys (4) |
|
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| The Four _, Motown group of the 1960s (4) |
|
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| Spinning toys |
|
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| Legendary Motown group, Four ___- (4) |
|
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| Blouses and polo shirts, e.g. |
|
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| Toys that spin |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2025 |
| The very best place, on reflection (4) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
01 Mar 2025 |
| The very best place, on reflection (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Notice these spinners returning (4) |
|
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| Highest in importance |
USA Today Quick |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Motown's The Four ___ (4) |
|
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| First-rate |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Prepare to sail to Rio, me? Finishes off! (4) |
|
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| Tchaikovsky's first work's best (4) |
|
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| They spin, you notice, the wrong way round (4) |
|
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| A little taken aback when one surpasses (4) |
|
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| Is even better than those jumpers |
|
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| Hard or soft, they put a roof over the heads of convertible drivers (4) |
|
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| Caps and sweaters perhaps |
|
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| Lids for jars (4) |
|
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| Spinners work in back-street (4) |
|
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| Commits suicide with child's toys (4) |
|
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| Wide parts of muffins |
|
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| The very best, you see, in retrospect (4) |
|
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| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Spinning toys |
|
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| In retrospect, see as the very best (4) |
|
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| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Oct 2024 |
| The very best place for retirement (4) |
|
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| Spinning toys |
|
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| Blouse and camisole |
|
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| Spinners for brill (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Does better than, though a little backward (4) |
|
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| The best from Brussels, maybe |
|
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| At most |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2024 |
| The best |
USA Today Quick |
12 Aug 2024 |
| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Polos and blouses |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Bottle caps |
|
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| At most |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Surpasses a little in the return (4) |
|
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| Dreidels, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Whirling toys |
|
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| Best spinners |
|
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| Surpasses or excels |
|
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| Toys that may improve dexterity |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2024 |
| They go round the location on return (4) |
|
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| The best back spot (4) |
|
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| Best to have tricky situation reversed (4) |
|
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| Looking up, see heights |
The Guardian Quiptic |
28 Apr 2024 |
| First-rate |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Covers up a pimple (4) |
|
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| First-rate (using the first four letters of the starred entries) |
|
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| Tanks and tees and such |
|
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| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2024 |
| Shirts and sweaters, for example |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2024 |
| See 43-Across |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Tanks, tees, etc. |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2024 |
| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Spinning toys |
Commuter |
02 Jan 2024 |
| The Fab Four a.k.a. The Mop ___ |
|
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| See 2 Down |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| 10 outfit, shirt, cardigan, pullover and sweater? (3,4,4) |
|
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| Outstrips, you notice, when in reverse (4) |
|
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| Pajama parts |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Outdoes |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Great position turned up (4) |
|
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| Shirts and blouses, for two |
|
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| With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Jerseys maybe in place for turning |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
02 Nov 2023 |
| A-number-one |
New York Times |
17 May 2023 |
| Spinning toys |
USA Today |
06 May 2023 |
| At the most |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2023 |
| "At most" |
Universal |
30 Mar 2023 |
| Toys that spin |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Shirts, sweaters and sweatshirts |
Universal |
22 Mar 2023 |
| Shirts and sweaters |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Spinning toys |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Spinning toys |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Spinning toys |
|
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| Blouses and tunics, for example |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Tanks and such |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2022 |
| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Sep 2022 |
| At most |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| A++ |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2022 |
| T-shirts and blouses |
Family Time |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Absolutely no more than that |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2022 |
| Cardigans and blouses |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Tanks and tees |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Pullovers, e.g |
|
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| Just the best |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2022 |
| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
03 May 2022 |
| Spot rejected toys |
|
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| Counterparts of bottoms |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2022 |
| Shirts and polos, for two |
|
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| First-rate |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Primo |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Tanks and tees, say |
Universal |
28 Feb 2022 |
| As a maximum |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Shirts and blouses |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Surpasses |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2021 |
| At most |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Summits |
Family Time |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Blouses and shirts, e.g. |
|
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| Tees, say |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Tees, say |
|
|
| Shirts and blouses |
Universal |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Toys that spin |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Blouses, tees, etc |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Tanks and T-shirts, e.g |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2021 |
| First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 May 2021 |
| The best |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Spinning toys |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Just the best |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2021 |
| Just the best |
|
|
| Lids |
Family Time |
22 Feb 2021 |
| The one-piece swimsuits all open like parts of the bikini |
|
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| Unimprovable |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Of the highest quality: goes beyond |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Does better than |
Family Time |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Beats out |
Universal |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Dreidels, e.g |
New York Times |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Goes over summits |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Place in retreat to find covers |
|
|
| At most |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Best; heads |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2020 |
| At the most |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2020 |
| T-shirts and blouses, e.g |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2020 |
| First-rate |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2020 |
| The best place to go for a spin |
|
|
| Shirts and blouses |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Spinning toys |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Outscores those on all sides today |
|
|
| Shirts and such |
Universal |
01 Jul 2020 |
| Counterparts of bottoms |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2020 |
| First-rate |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2020 |
| First-rate |
|
|
| The very best place to be upset |
|
|
| Toys that spin |
Newsday |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Beats view from the south |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2020 |
| Shirts and blouses |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Summits |
Universal |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Unsurpassable |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2020 |
| The best banks to take steps |
|
|
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Covers pimple over |
|
|
| One-ups |
|
|
| One-ups |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Surpasses; toys |
The Times Concise |
23 Nov 2019 |
| First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2019 |
| Surpasses |
|
|
| Surpasses |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Beats what's needed, having 461 on the board |
|
|
| Summits |
Premier Sunday |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Bus map markings |
|
|
| Best of the best |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2019 |
| Bests |
Family Time |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Opposites of bottoms |
Family Time |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Pajama parts |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Summits |
Newsday |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Spinning toys with strings |
|
|
| Peaks within despotism in retrospect |
|
|
| Comes first in the class (also spinning toys) |
|
|
| At most |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2019 |
| Beats up those characters in Trainspotting |
|
|
| Mix & match clothes items |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Pajama halves |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Does better than |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Superior |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Does better than |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Pajama parts |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
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| At most |
|
|
| Best of the best |
|
|
| Does better than |
|
|
| Mix & match clothes items |
|
|
| Pajama halves |
|
|
| Outperforms |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| A |
|
|
| A++ |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Stoppers |
|
|
| Exceeds |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Betters |
Universal |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| At the most |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Drunk up about a quarter of pint at most |
|
|
| Place erupts for the high points |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| Best |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2018 |
| '... max' |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2018 |
| Betters |
|
|
| "... max" |
|
|
| Best |
|
|
| At the most |
|
|
| A++ |
|
|
| Does better than |
Universal |
08 Dec 2017 |
| Goes one better than |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2017 |
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| The best place to climb |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Sep 2017 |
| Caps; outdoes |
The Times Concise |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Bests or betters |
Universal |
17 Aug 2017 |
| A-1 |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2017 |
| Shirty types opening for 15 across and One Direction |
|
|
| Best parts of bikinis, for instance |
|
|
| Performs better than |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Supreme |
|
|
| At the very most |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Mar 2017 |
| The Bugatti Veyron ____ out at 408.84 KMPH |
|
|
| Excellent position when supine? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Wins |
|
|
| Tank __ |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Goes one better than |
|
|
| Supreme |
|
|
| A-1 |
|
|
| Bests or betters |
|
|
| Does better than |
|
|
| Catch sight of rebellious shirty sorts |
|
|
| The best |
|
|
| Pajama halves |
Universal |
08 Dec 2016 |
| Cork's rising locality? |
|
|
| Bests |
Universal |
05 Oct 2016 |
| First-rate |
Universal |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Bikini parts |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2016 |
| Pajama parts |
|
|
| The best |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2016 |
| The best place to turn |
|
|
| Spinning toys |
The Times Concise |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Very best |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Caps, say |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2016 |
| First-class spinners |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Feb 2016 |
| A-number-one |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2016 |
| First-rate |
|
|
| Bests |
|
|
| Pajama halves |
|
|
| Bikini parts |
|
|
| A-number-one |
|
|
| Beats |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Puts whipped cream on, say |
|
|
| Goes one better than |
Universal |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Outscores |
Universal |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Toys for Tots, maybe |
|
|
| Lids |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Sep 2015 |
| Twirlers |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2015 |
| Outscores |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Surpasses |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Max |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2015 |
| Jersey's revolutionary could land one in hot water |
|
|
| Patch up jerseys |
|
|
| Beats every one on the beer from society |
|
|
| First-rate |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2015 |
| Four in a Motown group |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Pajama parts |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2015 |
| Without equal |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Twirlers |
|
|
| Best parts of muffins, objectively |
|
|
| Of the highest quality |
|
|
| Puts whipped cream on, say |
|
|
| Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
|
| They're spun for fun |
|
|
| Beats |
|
|
| Pajama parts |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Outscores |
|
|
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Unimprovable |
|
|
| Max |
|
|
| Goes one better than |
|
|
| Outscores |
|
|
| Four in a Motown group |
|
|
| Without equal |
|
|
| Outperforms |
|
|
| See over the highest parts |
|
|
| Peerless |
|
|
| The best, or bests |
|
|
| As good as it gets |
|
|
| Without equal |
|
|
| Beats or bests |
|
|
| Small spinners |
|
|
| Toys that spin |
|
|
| The best |
|
|
| Bikini parts |
|
|
| Tells a funnier joke than |
|
|
| Some porn specialists |
|
|
| Defeats |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
|
| The absolute best |
|
|
| Goes one better |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Does better than |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
|
| Does better than |
|
|
| Does one better |
|
|
| The best Stones song on "Tattoo You"? |
|
|
| What hit does to the charts |
|
|
| Does one better than |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Best toys in the whirl? |
|
|
| Shirts and blouses |
|
|
| Some pajama halves |
|
|
| The best toys for children |
|
|
| Some separates |
|
|
| A-one |
|
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| Bikini parts |
|
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| Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
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| Exceeds |
|
|
| A-one |
|
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| Best-in-class |
|
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| Very best |
|
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| A number one |
|
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| The best |
|
|
| Lids |
|
|
| Blouses and shirts |
|
|
| Lids |
|
|
| Blouses and shirts |
|
|
| Motown had four of them? |
|
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| Outshines |
|
|
| At most |
|
|
| Highest points |
|
|
| A-number-one |
|
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| Bests |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
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| One-ups |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
|
| Shirts, blouses and the like |
|
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| Beats |
|
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| Surpasses |
|
|
| Whirligigs |
|
|
| Tees, e.g. |
|
|
| Outscores |
|
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| Pinnacles |
|
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| Spinners |
|
|
| Spinning toys |
|
|
| Toys for tots |
|
|
| Hall of Fame pop group The Four __, and last of this puzzle theme's five anagrams |
|
|
| Outscores |
|
|
| Best in the field |
|
|
| Hall of Fame pop group The Four __, and last of this puzzle theme's five anagrams |
|
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| Maximally |
|
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| Best |
|
|
| First-class |
|
|
| Gets the better of |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
|
| They're spun for fun |
|
|
| Dreidels, e.g. |
|
|
| Four in a music group |
|
|
| Spun things |
|
|
| Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
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| Unsurpassed |
|
|
| Very best |
|
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| Pajama halves |
|
|
| Spinners |
|
|
| Beats out |
|
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| At the most |
|
|
| Number one |
|
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| Spinning toys |
|
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| Trumps |
|
|
| A-one |
|
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| The best |
|
|
| Outdoes |
|
|
| Motown had four of them |
|
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| A-one |
|
|
| Shirts and blouses |
|
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| Blouses and sweaters |
|
|
| Does one better than |
|
|
| Crowns |
|
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| Crowns |
|
|
| Ranked highest |
|
|
| Overshadows |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Shirts and sweaters |
|
|
| Peaks |
|
|
| Peaks |
|
|
| Highest points |
|
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| The best |
|
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| At most |
|
|
| Does better than |
|
|
| Outscores |
|
|
| The best |
|
|
| Four in a Motown group |
|
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| Apexes |
|
|
| The best |
|
|
| Shirts |
|
|
| Grade A |
|
|
| Outstanding |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
|
| Ranked highest |
|
|
| Best toys in the whirl? |
|
|
| First-rate |
|
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| Super-duper |
|
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| Apexes |
|
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| Defeats |
|
|
| The best |
|
|
| Tells a funnier joke than |
|
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| Spin 'em, it's fun |
|
|
| Four in a music group |
|
|
| Sends down to defeat |
|
|
| At the very most |
|
|
| First rate |
|
|
| Without equal |
|
|
| A-one |
|
|
| The absolute best |
|
|
| Spinners |
|
|
| Halters and bandeaus |
|
|
| A-one |
|
|
| Take these out for a spin |
|
|
| Does one better |
|
|
| First-class |
|
|
| Exceeds |
|
|
| Surpasses |
|
|
| The cat's whiskers |
|
|
| A one |
|
|
| Word for Triple Crown winners |
|
|
| Aces' places |
|
|
| Goes one better |
|
|
| The most |
|
|
| Excels |
|
|
| Highest. |
|
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| Super-duper. |
|
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| Best: Slang. |
|
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| Super. |
|
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| Best. |
|
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| Choicest parts. |
|
|
| Rises above. |
|
|
| Outclassed by none. |
|
|
| Surpasses. |
|
|
| First-class. |
|
|
| First rate: Colloq. |
|
|
| Pre-eminent: Slang. |
|
|
| Unexcelled: Colloq. |
|
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| The very best (with "the"): Slang. |
|
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| "The most." |
|
|
| Winning cards. |
|
|
| Parts of pajamas. |
|
|
| The best: Slang. |
|
|
| First-rate. |
|
|
| A number 1. |
|
|
| Highest in quality: Colloq. |
|
|
| Best of its kind. |
|
|
| Best of the lot. |
|
|
| The best. |
|
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| The very best: Slang. |
|
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| Toys. |
|
|
| Winning bridge cards. |
|
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| Does better than |
|
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| Does one better than |
|
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