Successor to the greatest footballer is not quite the cream of the crop Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SECONDBEST Successor to the greatest footballer is not quite the cream of the crop (10)
3% ELITE Cream of the crop (5) Universal Sep 9, 2025
2% ALI "The Greatest" (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 4, 2025
2% PARTWAY Not quite (there) (7) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
2% ALITO O'Connor's successor (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 30, 2025
2% HEIR Legal successor (4) Commuter Oct 30, 2025
2% CLAPTON Cream guitarist (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 29, 2025
2% WHIP Riding crop (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 25, 2025
2% FROST Crop killer (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 23, 2025
2% RICE Paddy crop (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2025
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