Possible Clues:

• Best old friend embracing young Cratchit
• Like a kind of microscope with a tenfold magnification, the best possible
• Stirring loam pit is most favourable
• Best man hugged by old friend
• Rice, e.g. squeezed by stone, must be best
• Best in the circumstances
• Best man's embraced by old friend
• Most suitable gem for tiny fellow to wear
• Best old friend embraces tiny boy in Christmas story
• Note male in milky white top