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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First-rate |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2024 |
Tanks and tees and such |
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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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10 outfit, shirt, cardigan, pullover and sweater? (3,4,4) |
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See 2 Down |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2023 |
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2021 |
Spinning toys |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2021 |
Just the best |
The Washington Post |
05 Mar 2021 |
Just the best |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2021 |
Lids |
Family Time |
22 Feb 2021 |
The one-piece swimsuits all open like parts of the bikini |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Feb 2021 |
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 |
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Goes over summits |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Nov 2020 |
Place in retreat to find covers |
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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 |
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Shirts and blouses |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2020 |
Spinning toys |
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Spinning toys |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2020 |
Outscores those on all sides today |
Irish Times Crosaire |
04 Jul 2020 |
Shirts and such |
Universal |
01 Jul 2020 |
Counterparts of bottoms |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2020 |
First-rate |
The Washington Post |
28 Jun 2020 |
First-rate |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2020 |
The very best place to be upset |
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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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Mar 2020 |
Spinning toys |
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Covers pimple over |
|
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One-ups |
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One-ups |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2019 |
Surpasses; toys |
The Times Concise |
23 Nov 2019 |
First-rate |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2019 |
Surpasses |
The Washington Post |
13 Nov 2019 |
Surpasses |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2019 |
Beats what's needed, having 461 on the board |
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Summits |
Premier Sunday |
13 Oct 2019 |
Bus map markings |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Oct 2019 |
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 |
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Spinning toys with strings |
|
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Peaks within despotism in retrospect |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 May 2019 |
Comes first in the class (also spinning toys) |
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At most |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2019 |
Beats up those characters in Trainspotting |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Apr 2019 |
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 |
Best of the best |
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First-rate |
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At most |
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Pajama parts |
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Pajama halves |
|
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Mix & match clothes items |
|
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Does better than |
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Outperforms |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2018 |
A++ |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2018 |
A |
The Washington Post |
11 Dec 2018 |
Stoppers |
Canadiana |
26 Nov 2018 |
Exceeds |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Oct 2018 |
Betters |
Universal |
26 Apr 2018 |
Spinning toys |
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At the most |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2018 |
Drunk up about a quarter of pint at most |
|
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Place erupts for the high points |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jan 2018 |
Best |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2018 |
Best |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2018 |
'... max' |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2018 |
A++ |
|
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Best |
|
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"... max" |
|
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At the most |
|
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Betters |
|
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Does better than |
Universal |
08 Dec 2017 |
Goes one better than |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2017 |
Spinning toys |
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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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 May 2017 |
Best parts of bikinis, for instance |
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Performs better than |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2017 |
Supreme |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Apr 2017 |
At the very most |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Mar 2017 |
The Bugatti Veyron ____ out at 408.84 KMPH |
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Excellent position when supine? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Mar 2017 |
Tank __ |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2017 |
Wins |
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Bests or betters |
|
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Does better than |
|
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A-1 |
|
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Goes one better than |
|
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Supreme |
|
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Catch sight of rebellious shirty sorts |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Dec 2016 |
The best |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2016 |
Pajama halves |
Universal |
08 Dec 2016 |
Cork's rising locality? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Nov 2016 |
Bests |
Universal |
05 Oct 2016 |
First-rate |
Universal |
19 Sep 2016 |
Bikini parts |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2016 |
Pajama parts |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2016 |
The best |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2016 |
The best place to turn |
|
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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 |
Bests |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Pajama halves |
|
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Bikini parts |
|
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A-number-one |
|
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Beats |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2015 |
Puts whipped cream on, say |
The Washington Post |
25 Nov 2015 |
Goes one better than |
Universal |
15 Nov 2015 |
Outscores |
Universal |
06 Nov 2015 |
Toys for Tots, maybe |
|
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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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Jul 2015 |
Patch up jerseys |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jun 2015 |
Beats every one on the beer from society |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Mar 2015 |
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 |
Without equal |
|
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Beats |
|
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Pajama parts |
|
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They're spun for fun |
|
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Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Outscores |
|
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Spinning toys |
|
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Puts whipped cream on, say |
|
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Of the highest quality |
|
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Unimprovable |
|
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Outperforms |
|
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Best parts of muffins, objectively |
|
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Max |
|
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Twirlers |
|
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Outscores |
|
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Goes one better than |
|
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Four in a Motown group |
|
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See over the highest parts |
|
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As good as it gets |
|
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Toys that spin |
|
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Defeats |
|
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Bikini parts |
|
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Small spinners |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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The best, or bests |
|
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Peerless |
|
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Some porn specialists |
|
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Beats or bests |
|
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The best |
|
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Without equal |
|
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Tells a funnier joke than |
|
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Does better than |
|
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Does one better |
|
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Goes one better |
|
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First-rate |
|
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The absolute best |
|
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What hit does to the charts |
|
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The best Stones song on "Tattoo You"? |
|
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Does better than |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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Some pajama halves |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Shirts and blouses |
|
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Best toys in the whirl? |
|
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Does one better than |
|
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The best toys for children |
|
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Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
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Best-in-class |
|
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A-one |
|
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Bikini parts |
|
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Exceeds |
|
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A-one |
|
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Some separates |
|
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Motown had four of them? |
|
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Lids |
|
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Very best |
|
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Blouses and shirts |
|
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Blouses and shirts |
|
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The best |
|
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Lids |
|
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A number one |
|
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At most |
|
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Outshines |
|
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Highest points |
|
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A-number-one |
|
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Whirligigs |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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One-ups |
|
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Shirts, blouses and the like |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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Surpasses |
|
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Bests |
|
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Beats |
|
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Maximally |
|
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Best |
|
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Tees, e.g. |
|
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Hall of Fame pop group The Four __, and last of this puzzle theme's five anagrams |
|
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Outscores |
|
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Pinnacles |
|
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Spinners |
|
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Spinning toys |
|
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Toys for tots |
|
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Best in the field |
|
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Hall of Fame pop group The Four __, and last of this puzzle theme's five anagrams |
|
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Outscores |
|
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Four in a music group |
|
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Spun things |
|
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First-class |
|
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They're spun for fun |
|
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Dreidels, e.g. |
|
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Tells a funnier joke than, e.g. |
|
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Gets the better of |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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Number one |
|
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Very best |
|
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Trumps |
|
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Spinning toys |
|
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Spinners |
|
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Pajama halves |
|
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At the most |
|
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Beats out |
|
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Unsurpassed |
|
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Does one better than |
|
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Motown had four of them |
|
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The best |
|
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Crowns |
|
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A-one |
|
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Outdoes |
|
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A-one |
|
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Shirts and blouses |
|
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Blouses and sweaters |
|
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Crowns |
|
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Overshadows |
|
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Ranked highest |
|
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First-rate |
|
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At most |
|
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Does better than |
|
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Highest points |
|
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Peaks |
|
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Peaks |
|
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Shirts and sweaters |
|
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The best |
|
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Four in a Motown group |
|
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The best |
|
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Outstanding |
|
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Grade A |
|
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The best |
|
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Outscores |
|
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Apexes |
|
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Shirts |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Best toys in the whirl? |
|
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First-rate |
|
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Ranked highest |
|
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Super-duper |
|
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Four in a music group |
|
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The best |
|
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Sends down to defeat |
|
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Defeats |
|
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Tells a funnier joke than |
|
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Spin 'em, it's fun |
|
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Apexes |
|
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At the very most |
|
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Without equal |
|
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First rate |
|
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The absolute best |
|
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Spinners |
|
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A-one |
|
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Halters and bandeaus |
|
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Take these out for a spin |
|
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A-one |
|
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First-class |
|
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Does one better |
|
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Exceeds |
|
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Surpasses |
|
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The cat's whiskers |
|
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A one |
|
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Word for Triple Crown winners |
|
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Aces' places |
|
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Goes one better |
|
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The most |
|
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Excels |
|
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Unexcelled: Colloq. |
|
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Surpasses. |
|
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Best: Slang. |
|
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First-class. |
|
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Best of the lot. |
|
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First rate: Colloq. |
|
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Best. |
|
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Best of its kind. |
|
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A number 1. |
|
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Highest in quality: Colloq. |
|
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Rises above. |
|
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First-rate. |
|
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The best: Slang. |
|
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"The most." |
|
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Parts of pajamas. |
|
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Choicest parts. |
|
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The very best (with "the"): Slang. |
|
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Toys. |
|
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The very best: Slang. |
|
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The best. |
|
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Winning bridge cards. |
|
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Pre-eminent: Slang. |
|
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Winning cards. |
|
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Outclassed by none. |
|
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Super. |
|
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Super-duper. |
|
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Highest. |
|
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Does one better than |
|
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Does better than |
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