___ excellence (exceptional) Crossword Clue

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___ excellence (exceptional) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
2. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
(verb)
1. make a score (on a hole) equal to par

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EXCELLENCE (noun)
1. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
2. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
EXCEPTIONAL (adjective)
1. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
2. surpassing what is common or usual or expected

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More Daily Themed Crossword (8/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Freshly painted

4. Cosmopolitan or Harper's Bazaar, for short

7. "Married to the ___" (Michelle Pfeiffer film)

10. "Why don't you give ___ shot": 2 wds.

11. Congo's continent, for short

12. Yoko ___, "Walking on Thin Ice" singer

13. Popular jazz instrument, for short

14. It goes on a hanger

16. Serve a drink, say

17. Apple mobile device

19. Group of professionals, for short

20. "Only one way to find ___!" cliche dialogue said in many movies like "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "The Karate Kid Part III"

21. Pop's Lana ___ Rey

23. Snack in a stack

26. DC summer clock setting: Abbr.

27. Actor Pacino and weathercaster Roker

30. "He's ___ behind me, isn't he?" cliche dialogue said in many movies like "Shrek" and "Deadpool"

32. Big Apple initials

33. "More than I wanted to know": Abbr.

34. ___ Paulo Brazil

35. Million Years ___ (Adele song)

37. ___-up (confined)

38. One ____ time (2 wds.)

39. ___ favor ("please" in Spanish):

41. ___ house (packed venue)

44. Opposite of "joy"

47. "What's ___ for us?" 2 wds.

48. "No ___!" ("No issues!" slangily)

49. Prefix with "demic" or "dermal"

52. "Air Jordan" company

53. Fixed periodical payment for a loan: Abbr.

54. Fled

55. "Never Have I ___" (popular drinking game)

56. "Is that all you've ___?!" cliche dialogue said in many movies like "The Mummy Returns" and "Rocky II"

57. Suffix with "north" or "east"

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1. Madison's state, for short

2. Educated guess on when a flight will land: Abbr.

3. "___ Driver," Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic crime film

4. ___ Picchu, Peru

5. "The game is ___!" (Sherlock Holmes line)

6. Mom's mom, affectionately

7. Imitates a cow

8. Responsibility

9. "I was ___ ready!" cliche dialogue said in many movies like "Hondo" and "Blade: Trinity"

15. Tot's sleeping companion, perhaps

16. Good buddy

18. "Hunny"-loving bear

22. And so forth for short

23. Surgeon's workplaces: Abbr.

24. Narrow inlet for a river (anagram of "air")

25. ___ ideal (Freudian concept)

26. U2 collaborator Brian ___

27. Munched some lunch

28. Letters after "K"

29. Lie unused

31. Create lace

36. Inhale deeply, in shock

37. Quid ___ quo

38. Adjust or change

39. Trailer or teaser, for short

40. Planetary path

41. Speeder's penalty:

42. Oxford or Harvard, for short

43. "It's not what it looks ___," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Blades of Glory" and "The Matrix"

45. Portland state for short

46. "___ not so different, you and I," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Austin Powers" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

51. Motorist's refuge

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