Possible Clues:

• First-rate
• Ground for the longest time
• Of the utmost quality
• ''World's __ Comics'' (where Luthor and the Joker teamed up)
• Most beautiful female gets one place to raise a family
• Descriptor for a police force
• I'm backing out of feminist play, it's most lightweight
• Least ratty
• Lift provided, home being most decent
• Cream of the crop