Possible Clues:

• Ranked highest
• Quietly resume turning into the best
• Drink with army branch, the greatest
• The highest quality perfumes, reproduced with no end of grief
• Mistakenly presume such a being may feature in many sacred texts
• Resume novel -- gripping page is outstanding
• Diana Ross back-up, once
• Top of the Pops up, remember?
• Highest ranking
• Like the highest court