Take the Cake
What it means
Be the most outrageous example of something, often said with a little grudging admiration.
Where it comes from
Cake has been a prize in contests for centuries. American cakewalk competitions awarded one to the best dancers, and gave English the word cakewalk for anything achieved easily.
The puzzle it came from
Take the Cake was the answer to the Phrasicle of June 16, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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out
take
over
kill
switch
grilled
cheese
board
book
club
cotton
candy
apple
juice
box
sea
sponge
cake
batter
up
Phrasicle: Take the Cake