Clues for the word "EXCEL"
We've had 109 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 290 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 27, 2026.
Definition of excel
- v. t. - To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
- v. t. - To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
- v. i. - To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
Referring Clues
- Get straight A's, e.g.
- Shine
- Surpass
- Be superior
- Be outstanding
- Do a great job
- Stand out
- Do very well (at)
- Do well (at)
- Get all A's
- Microsoft Office program
- Do a bang-up job
- Outdo
- Break records
- Do well
- Spreadsheet program
- Big name in spreadsheet software
- Microsoft spreadsheet program
- Do very well
- Get a 10, say
- Microsoft spreadsheet software
- Perform with great skill
- Get straight A's
- Distinguish oneself
- Do extremely well
- Perform very well
- Do really well (at)
- Do wonderfully
- Top
- Hyundai model
- Get an A, say
- Do really well
- Surpass others
- Outstrip
- Stand out in a field
- Perform at the top of one's game
- Word relative
- Big name in spreadsheets
- Break a record
- Be the best
- Be pre-eminent
- Get A's
- Office component
- Do better than others
- Go great guns
- Perform well beyond expectations
- Go above and beyond
- Stand out from the crowd
- Microsoft offering
- Star
- Be outstandingly proficient
- Distinguish oneself - XL
- Be good when 40, as they say
- We hear forty of the Romans distinguish themselves
- Outshine
- Do well, taking about ninety fish
- Do well to answer verbally. "What is XX plus XX?"
- Caesar's forty said to perform well
- Top general brought back to cover cross-country leader
- Be highly proficient
- Do better than
- Perform outstandingly well
- Really shine
- Top 40, say
- Better without traffic noise
- One-time celebrity beginning to be superior
- Forty letters are said to stand out
- We hear forty of the Romans do better
- Top swimmer receives ten cents
- Go beyond old room that hasn't closed
- Ninety, in general, to rise and shine
- In Coliseum forty shouted: "Do your best!"
- By the sound of it, extra large top
- Office data program
- Perform magnificently
- Office program
- Rise to the top
- Shine (at)
- Be superior to former church student
- Former church leader's beginning to surpass all others
- Perform extremely well with former church leader in local
- Former church leader's first to stand out
- Top forty, reportedly
- Some Essex celebrities are brilliant
- Be more than 40, reportedly
- Score more than 40, say
- Reign supreme
- From a hundred, point fifty are outstandingly good
- Do really great
- Distinguish oneself with 40 in Rome, by the sound of it
- Common spreadsheet program
- Latin '40 sounds stand out
- Perform beautifully
- Shine; surpass
- Perform with distinction
- From the old church, a light has started to shine
- Spreadsheet program in Microsoft Office
- Alternative to Google Sheets
- Stand out in the crowd
- Out of prison, almost all are very good
- Outshine the rest
- Perform well
- Do well to answer verbally. "What is XX plus XX?"
- Get all A's, say
- Perform beyond expectations
- Spreadsheet software
- Be a standout
- Google Sheets alternative
- Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 27, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 03, 2026
- New York Times - November 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 18, 2025
- New York Times - August 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 02, 2025
- New York Times - July 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 05, 2025
- Daily American - June 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 01, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 12, 2025
- New York Times - February 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 13, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 02, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 18, 2024
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