Last seen in:
- L.A. Times Daily - Mar 7 2025
- L.A. Times Daily - Oct 8 2023
- Universal - Jun 8 2021
- Wall Street Journal - Jan 9 2016 - Mind Your P's and Clues
- Wall Street Journal - May 18 2015 - Holding Patterns
- New York Times - May 22 2014
- Wall Street Journal - Nov 15 2013 - November 15, 2013 - Oo Baby!
- Wall Street Journal - May 24 2013 - May 24, 2013 - Special Education
- The Washington Post - Jun 10 2012
- Wall Street Journal - May 21 2010 - May 21, 2010 - Friends in Low Places
Related Clues:
- Spiffed up
- Sparkled
- Did really well
- Stood out favorably
- Was brilliant
- Performed superbly
- Cast light
- Destroyed a balloon
- Worked like a flashlight
- Visited unannounced, with "in"
- Asked, burst open, extracted, or broke, as the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers
- Radiated, emitted light
- He made his son so bright
- Really stood out
- Performed brilliantly