The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SUPERIOR
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More clues leading to the result SUPERIOR
- Eat with queen, one men must find condescending
- Snooty boss
- Mother may be boss
- Lofty‘s ‘prior use’ rumpus
- Excellent port in magnificent lake
- Snooty head of a religious order
- City in Brazil surrounded by outstanding lake
- Revolutionary American monks’ leader accepting European is better
- Brazilian city surrounded by marvellous lake
- Excellent Brazilian city toured by American caretaker
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The straight part
We know that "Snooty/boss" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case snooty/boss = superior.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SUPERIOR mean?
SUPERIOR noun- A person of higher rank or quality.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- The head of certain churches and colleges.
- One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- Higher in quality.
- Higher in rank.
- More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
- Located above.
- Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
- Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
- Of a planet: closer to the Earth than to the sun.