| THEBEESKNEES | Excellent person or thing (3,4,5) |
| HUMDINGER | Excellent person or thing (colloq) (9) |
| THEBUSINESS | An excellent person or thing |
| BEES | Excellent person or thing, the - - - knees! |
| TRUMP | From an alteration of a word for a victory or a win, a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others; hence, an excellent person or first-rate fellow (5) |
| PIPPIN | Word, in reference to its seed of origin, for an Allington, Cox's orange, Newtown, Ribston, Sturmer or other example of a good apple; thus, any delightful thing, excellent person, good sort or all-rou |
| KNOCKOUTDROPS | Excellent person spots a number of drinkers |
| LUSH | Excellent person that drinks too much (4) |
| SUPERB | Excellent person put in underwater vehicle (6) |
| PARAGON | Supremely excellent person |
| CLASSACT | Excellent person, informally (5,3) |
| BEAUFORT | Excellent person to have because he made a blow-by-blow account? (8) |
| ONETRICKPONY | A person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability or quality (3-5,4) |
| WILLOTHEWISP | Elusive or deceptive person or thing (4-1-3-4) |
| BOBBYDAZZLER | Strikingly impressive person or thing (5-7) |
| POORRELATION | Inferior person or thing (4,8) |
| DECOY | Person or thing used to lure an animal or person into a trap or danger |
| ONER | Single uninterrupted process or operation; or an outstanding person or thing (4) |
| AUXILIARY | A person or thing that supports or supplements; subordinate or assistant (9) |
| EPITHET | Word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality. (7) |
