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• Backup preceder
• Money to cover advert seen as priority
• First pick
• The first thing to try (and hope for the best)
• Most liked, casually
• Go-to choice, slangily
• Sporting body sought by outwardly virile winger
• Top go-to
• Top pick
• What's tried first
• Preferred feminine greeting, historically
• Fondness for pressure one gets from previous employer
• Bent coppers belong inside, either way
• Transfer in small change -- that's favourite
• Top pick, in slang