Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
The best and the brightest (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ELITE
Tags
Notes
The answer ELITE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
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The best
Choice
Cream
In crowd
On the A-list
Select
1%, say
"400" members
Beau monde
Blue bloods
Bon ton
Carriage trade
Choice class
The chosen few
Cream of the crop
First-class
Flower of the flock
High society
Kind of type
Not for the masses
Society's 400
Top-drawer
Top of the heap
Type size
Type style
Type of type
Typewriter type
Upper crust
Upper echelon
Who's who
Opposite of hoi polloi
Crème de la crème
Definition
ELITE as a noun:
1. (elite, elite group) = a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
ELITE as an adjective:
1. (elect, elite) = selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"