Related Clues:

• Foreword, briefly
• Optimally rated
• Top-level
• 101 class, briefly
• Musical start, for short
• Speaker's lead-in
• Untoppable rating
• Many a freshman course
• Words about a speaker, briefly
• "... in ___-horse open sleigh"
• First lines
• First song on an album, perhaps
• See 85-Down
• Excellent: slang
• World-class