Optimal Crossword Clue

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Optimal Crossword Answer

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BEST

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BESTCASE

(8 letters)

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(adjective)
1. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
2. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
(noun)
1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
2. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

Hint 2: Clue Definition

OPTIMAL (adjective)
1. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

BEST
(4 letters)
BESTCASE
(8 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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More Universal Crossword (6/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Go by, as years

7. House, in an Isabel Allende title

11. Pow!

14. Blow a gasket

15. Cain's brother

16. Boxer for whom Louisville's airport is named

17. *Circulatory system's flow

19. 3-year-old, for example

20. Woodard with four Emmys

21. *Hit a low point

25. Drops in the mail

26. Confer holy orders upon

29. Person in a cast

31. Attempt to attract

32. Burn the surface of

35. Labor

38. Quite the stretch?

39. *Short-fused individual

41. Dubai's country, briefly

42. Put away

44. Draw idly

45. Freelance job

46. Portable dwelling once favored by the 33-Down

48. Implants

50. Point guard Curry

52. Bayou predator, informally

54. *Double-dipping or hijacking the music

57. Officiates a swim meet, perhaps

61. Historical chapter

62. Honorary "positions" for young students, or what both parts of the starred clues' answers are?

64. Billboards and the like

65. Game-day outfits, casually

66. Transitional primate

67. Bread type

68. Phillies' foes

69. Turns back to zero

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Down

1. Napoleon's first place of exile

2. Veg out

3. Beginning on

4. Illinois city that represents Middle America

5. Kimchi or fries

6. Aliens, briefly

7. Festive song

8. Offer a harming hand to?

9. Airplane assignment

10. "So close"

11. Southern city home to America's tallest state capitol

12. One way to read

13. Baker's gloves

18. As yet undetermined: Abbr.

22. (Pay attention to me, human)

24. Run through a cipher

26. Is indebted to

27. Cheer (for)

28. Whiteboard request for preservation

29. Scored perfectly on

30. Alpine retreat

33. See 46 Across

34. It follows pi

36. Late-night fridge "attack"

37. Brewery barrels

40. Way to get discovered before SoundCloud

43. Sobbed

47. The "P" in a biology student's KPCOFGS

49. Wedding VIPs

50. Asparagus unit

51. Late

52. Estimate

53. Every last crumb

55. Monetary penalty

56. "Handling that as we speak!"

58. Internet culture mainstay

59. The E in QED

60. Nine-digit IDs

63. Distinctive body part on a jerboa or rabbit

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