Cream of the crop Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. selected as the best
(noun)
1. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CREAM (noun)
1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
2. the best people or things in a group
CREAM (verb)
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
2. remove from the surface
CROP (verb)
1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
2. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
CROP (noun)
1. the yield from plants in a single growing season
2. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

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More Apple+ Crossword (4/7/2026) Answers

Across

1. Hot pursuit

6. Lovers’ tiff

10. Pesky emails

14. The McDonald's Golden Arches and the Nike Swoosh, for example

15. Detective’s assignment

16. Competitor of Vogue

17. Urgent notification

18. Spoil

19. Reach via phone

20. Chilled picnic dish

22. Hilarious person

23. Light knock

24. Calendar items

26. Diminish in intensity

30. Unit of gemstone weight

32. Neighbor of Iran

33. Middle Eastern ruler

35. Gear for reef diving

39. −

41. Poetic tribute

42. Subject of discussion

43. Part of a piano

44. ___ jacket (denim garment)

46. Shower someone with love

47. Word on the street?

49. Unboxed

51. Device you might smile for

54. Much ___ About Nothing

55. Was untruthful

56. Song that's also the name of the album

63. Homophone of 52-Down

64. Horn sound

65. Harmful substance

66. ___ market (source of secondhand antiques)

67. Sicilian volcano

69. Check the texture of

70. Dragon's home

71. Talk-show host O'Donnell

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Down

1. Join in the applause

2. Hello, in Spanish

3. Gets older

4. Organize A–Z, for example

5. Sprawling home

6. Discard like junk

7. Soccer star Pogba

8. Home of the Himalayas and the Great Wall

9. The T in TLC

10. Ciphertext for a spy

11. Default yogurt flavor

12. Apportion

13. Goes from solid to liquid

21. Rational

25. Like an endless sea

26. Gait after twisting an ankle

27. Southernmost Great Lake

28. Hourglass contents

29. Fair trade?

30. Apple-based drink

31. Region

34. "Got My ___ Working" (blues song)

36. Once ___ A Time

37. Bark's counterpart in a canine idiom

38. Got a perfect score on

40. Speak unclearly

45. Where leaf meets stem

48. Maker of Barbie dolls

50. The Tale of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix

51. Steep rock face

52. Supermarket section

53. Big brawl

54. Place to say "I do"

57. Greek letter I

58. R&B singer Braxton

59. Caramel-filled chocolate candy

60. X or Y line on a graph

61. Bank that the Mets' home field is named after

62. Body part whose cap is also known as a patella

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