Cryptic crossword clue
Perfect cakes turned over inside burner

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word FIRST-RATE

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What does FIRST-RATE mean?

FIRST-RATE noun
  1. A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
FIRST-RATE adjective
  1. Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
  2. (by extension) Exceptionally good.

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