| World-class | 11 |
| Unrivaled rating | 16 |
| Topmost | 7 |
| Top-level | 9 |
| Second-to-none rating | 21 |
| High-caliber | 12 |
| First rank | 10 |
| Welk's intro | 16 |
| Welk intro | 10 |
| Topflight | 9 |
| Top-ranked | 10 |
| Top shelf | 9 |
| Tip-top or primo | 16 |
| Start of Welk's introduction | 32 |
| Rook's spot on a chessboard, perhaps | 40 |
| Rook's spot on a chessboard | 31 |
| Popular steak sauce | 19 |
| Letter and number meaning ''tops'' | 50 |
| Lawrence Welk's count start | 31 |
| In first-class condition | 24 |
| Highest rating | 14 |
| Ground floor apartment | 22 |
| Good rating, for steak? | 23 |
| Capital! | 8 |
| Best-in-class | 13 |
| Best grade | 10 |
| Unbeatable rating | 17 |
| UB40 "Two in ___" | 27 |
| U.S. visa type issued to visiting diplomats | 43 |
| Top-of-the-line steak sauce? | 28 |
| Tiptop rating | 13 |
| Superlative rating | 18 |
| Superior-quality | 16 |
| Superexcellent | 14 |
| Super apartment? | 16 |
| Super ... or where a super might live | 37 |
| Super ... or at least where he may live | 39 |
| Steak sauce choice | 18 |
| Start of Welk's count | 25 |
| Start of a Welk intro | 21 |
| Springsteen "If you've ever seen ___ trick pony then you've seen me" | 86 |
| Really great | 12 |
| Rating a 10? | 12 |
| Rated highly | 12 |
| Prime ranking | 13 |
| Peter Gabriel "A Wonderful Day in ___-Way World" | 58 |
| Par excellence | 14 |
| None better | 11 |
| Nary ___ (none) | 15 |
| Lloyd's Register rating | 27 |
| Lloyd's rating for a fine ship | 34 |
| Lloyd's rating | 18 |
| Like the cream of the crop | 26 |
| Like a superstar | 16 |
| Kraft Foods steak sauce | 23 |
| Impressive rating | 17 |
| High-rated | 10 |
| High ranking | 12 |
| High quality | 12 |
| Good rating, especially for steak? | 34 |
| Gilt-edged | 10 |
| Best rating | 11 |
| A Lloyd's rating | 20 |
| "Makes beef sing" brand | 33 |
| "I'm so glad you have ___ track mind like me" Train | 65 |
| "I'm so glad you have ___ track mind like me" (Train) | 67 |
| "I live on ___-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got there." (Steven Wright) | 114 |
| "How steak is done" sauce | 35 |
| "And ___, and a two" | 30 |
| "Alright, boys! And ___ and a two" | 44 |
| 'In -- -horse open sleigh' | 34 |
| Main artery | 11 |
| Trunk | 5 |
| It comes from the heart | 23 |
| Blood line | 10 |
| Artery | 6 |
| Major artery | 12 |
| Anatomical trunk | 16 |
| Blood carrier | 13 |
| Major blood vessel | 18 |
| Blood vessel | 12 |
| Main line | 9 |
| Heart line | 10 |
| Large artery | 12 |
| Coronary artery attachment | 26 |
| Cardiologist's concern | 26 |
| Heart line? | 11 |
| Blood line? | 11 |
| Line from the heart | 19 |
| Arterial trunk | 14 |
| Heart part | 10 |
| Cardiology concern | 18 |
| Heart outlet | 12 |
| Corporeal channel | 17 |
| Trunk line | 10 |
| Corpuscular thoroughfare | 24 |
| Bloodline | 9 |
| Vital vessel | 12 |
| Vena cava neighbor | 18 |
| Largest artery | 14 |