Best Crossword Clue

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Best Crossword Answer

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TOP

(3 letters)

TIPTOP

(6 letters)

ELITE

(5 letters)

TOPRATED

(8 letters)

OUTDO

(5 letters)

ONEUP

(5 letters)

OPTIMUM

(7 letters)

OPTIMAL

(7 letters)

CREAM

(5 letters)

FINEST

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. being at the best stage of development
2. first in rank or degree
(noun)
1. the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
(verb)
1. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
2. fill with priming liquid

Hint 2: Clue Definition

BEST (noun)
1. Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
2. the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
BEST (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
2. (superlative of `good’) having the most positive qualities
BEST (adverb)
1. from a position of superiority or authority
BEST (verb)
1. get the better of

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TOP
(3 letters)
Tiptop
(6 letters)
ELITE
(5 letters)
TOPRATED
(8 letters)
OUTDO
(5 letters)
ONEUP
(5 letters)
Optimum
(7 letters)
OPTIMAL
(7 letters)
CREAM
(5 letters)
FINEST
(6 letters)

More Seattle Times New Crossword (10/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Cap

4. Thick glove

8. Small duck

12. Former Turkish title

13. Mensa member, e.g.

15. Skin

16. Perched

17. Coming

18. Grimm meanie

19. Grassland

21. Restrict

23. Ski lift

24. Moisture

25. Mew

26. Rodeo rope

29. Cord

32. Master

33. Total

37. Pulse

40. Globe

41. Boredom

42. Cape

44. Each part

45. Aerie dweller

47. Daisy part

49. Sprite

52. Sneaky

53. Bugs Bunny, e.g.

55. Evening party

57. Islamic territory

61. Wrap filling

62. Courtyard

65. Physique

66. Uncover

67. Whipped dessert

68. ____ foo yung

69. Benefit

70. Nerve network

71. Dawn to dusk

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Down

1. Door fastener

2. Lab gel

3. So long, in London

4. Radio and TV, e.g.

5. Turn upside down

6. No-win situation

7. Large cask

8. Locate

9. Mr. Johnson

10. Bobble

11. Tiny

13. Actress Greta ____

14. Map line

20. "____ Alive!"

22. Conscious

24. Defeat decisively

26. Thin slat

27. Pain

28. Vaccines

30. Swarm

31. Commotion

34. Midge's kin

35. Maui dance

36. Cultivate

38. Pindar work

39. Indifferent

40. Just

43. Shining

46. One-deity believer

48. Always, poetically

49. Legally bar

50. Jeweler's glass

51. More delicate

54. Entertain

56. Grade

58. On a cot

59. Frat wear

60. Overwrought

63. Cliff

64. Regret

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