Best effort, informally
Best effort, slangily
Best effort, to a coach
Best ever
Best ever, acronymically
Best ever, initially
Best example
Best Female Athlete, e.g.
Best Female Athlete, for one
Best final result
BEST FOOT FORWARD (FILM) CAST
BEST FOOT FORWARD (FILM) DIRECTOR
Best for betters
Best for consumption, perhaps
Best for harvesting
Best for picking
Best for sledding
Best for the job
Best Foreign Language Film of 2005
Best Foreign Language Film of 2014
best friend from germany
best friend of bakugo
Best friend of Carmen, Bridget and Tibby
Best friend's dinner, maybe
Best friend's meal?
Best Game and Best Upset
Best Game or Best Play
Best Game, e.g.
Best garden party?
BEST girl
BEST GOLF SCORE
Best grade
Best guess, for short
Best guess: Abbr.
Best guesses: Abbr.
Best guests
Best guide around town, probably
Best guy friend
Best hand in baccarat
Best hand in Texas hold 'em
Best hand value in baccarat
Best horse of the 20th century, per The Associated Press
Best I Ever Had rapper
Best I Ever Had singer
Best imaginable
Best in
Best in a film audition, say
Best in a footrace
Best in a game
best in a hotdog competition
Best in a mess
Best in a one-on-one
Best in a race
Best in a restaurant
Best in calculating?
Best in class
Best in competition
Best in crash-test ratings
Best in fish for cooker
Best in mental combat
Best in mental competition
Best in one's position
Best in Show actor Willard
Best in Show actress Parker ___
Best in Show org.
Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show
Best in shows
Best in the dining room
Best in the field
Best in the polls
Best in the regatta
BEST IN THE RING
BEST IS ___ COME, THE
Best Jockey and Best Bowler, e.g.
best kept
best kind of bread to eat
Best kind of review
Best kind of situation
BEST KNOWN AS A HEAVY YELLOW IRRITATING TOXIC GAS
best known as packers qb
BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
BEST LAID PLANS, THE AUTHOR
Best left alone
Best left unsaid, for short
Best left unsaid, nowadays
best liked
Best man for a wedding?
Best man, often
BEST MAN, THE (FILM) CAST
Best man, usually
Best man's best friend, maybe
Best man's best friend, often
Best man's charge
Best man's concern
Best man's friend
Best man's offer
Best man's offering
Best man's opening
Best man's oration
Best man's rental
Best man's responsibility
Best man's solo
Best man's speech
Best man's wear
best mans salute
Best meat to bring home?
Best men offer them
Best Moment and Best Upset
Best Musical after "The Lion King"
Best Musical award, say
Best Musical of 1975, with "The"
Best Musical of 1977
Best Musical of 1980
Best Musical of 1996
Best Musical of 1999
Best Musical the year "Children of a Lesser God" was Best Play
Best Musical the year before "42nd Street"
Best Musical Tony winner after "Nine"
Best Musical Tony winner of 1975, with "The"
Best Musical Tony winner of 1980
Best Musical winner after "Sunset Boulevard"
Best New Age Album Grammy winner for "Amarantine"
Best New Age Album Grammy winner for "Shepherd Moons"
Best New American Play award
Best New Artist at the 2009 Grammy Awards
Best New Artist Grammy winner after Alicia
Best New Artist Grammy winner after Cyndi Lauper
Best New Artist Grammy winner of 2008
Best New Artist Grammy winner of 2009
Best New Artist of 1959
Best of worlds
best of . . . volume
Best of "Nurse jackie"
Best of a bad lot
Best of a class
Best of a group
Best of all
Best of all possible whirls?
Best of all possible worlds
Best of all worlds
Best of anything
Best of classic rock
BEST OF ENEMIES, THE (FILM) CAST
BEST OF ENEMIES, THE (FILM) DIRECTOR
BEST OF EVERYTHING, THE (FILM) CAST
Best of group
Best of health, figuratively
Best of Hollywood
Best of its kind
Best of John Lennon's associates
Best of luck!
Best Of music tracks, often
BEST OF MY LOVE (SONG) ARTIST
Best of My Love band
BEST OF SEVEN
Best of seven, e.g.
Best of seven, say
Best of the Beatles
Best of the Beatles, once
Best of the best
Best of the best (hyph)
Best of the best 14. Run-down
Best of the best, sportswise
Best of the bets
Best of the bunch?
Best of the early Beatles
Best of the guests
Best of the hits
Best of the movies
Best of the stage
Best of the theater
Best of the theatre
Best of Theater
BEST OF THEATER
Best of theater
Best of times
BEST OF TIMES, THE (FILM) CAST
BEST OF TIMES, THE (SONG) ARTIST
Best Of tracks, often
Best on a chessboard
Best on drums
Best on stage
Best on stage, say
Best on the balance beam, maybe
Best on the balance beam, perhaps
Best on the team (abbr.)
Best one
Best ones
Best or Ferber
Best or top
Best or Townshend
Best Original ___ (award for the film with [circled letters])
Best Original Screenplay nominee of 1984
Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner of 1961
Best original screenplay winner 2014 oscars
Best Original Screenplay winner for "American Beauty"
Best Original Song Oscar winner from ... Disney's "Pocahontas"
Best pair
Best pal
BEST part
BEST part (colloq.)
BEST part of anything
Best part of the cake, to many
Best part of the cake, to some
Best part of the lobster
best people
BEST people (ant.)
Best performance ever
best person
Best Picture 1 Across winner for 2012
Best Picture after "Chariots of Fire"
Best Picture after "The Artist"
Best Picture after "The Last Emperor"
Best Picture also-ran to "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Best Picture and Best Song of 1958
Best Picture before "12 Years a Slave"
Best Picture between "The Last Emperor" and "Driving Miss Daisy"
Best Picture directed by Hitchcock
Best Picture loser to "Kramer vs. Kramer"
Best Picture nominee in 2011
BEST PICTURE NOMINEE OF 1
Best Picture nominee of 1963
Best Picture nominee of 1981
Best picture nominee of 1983
Best Picture nominee of 1995
Best Picture nominee of 1996
Best Picture nominee with three sequels
Best Picture of 1932-33
Best Picture of 1940
Best Picture of 1943
Best Picture of 1948
Best Picture of 1954
Best Picture of 1955
Best Picture of 1958
Best Picture of 1958, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Best Picture of 1959
Best Picture of 1960, with "The"
Best Picture of 1963
Best Picture of 1968
Best Picture of 1970
Best Picture of 1976
Best Picture of 1977
BEST PICTURE OF 1981
Best Picture of 1982
Best picture of 1986 (Charlie Sheen)
Best Picture of 1987
Best Picture of 1988
Best Picture of 1992
Best Picture of 1995
Best Picture of 1997