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Recommend toy as excellent (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tiptop

'excellent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'recommend toy' is the subsidiary indication.
'recommend' becomes 'tip'.
'toy' becomes 'top' (top is a kind of toy).
'tip'+'top'='tiptop'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for tiptop that I've seen before include "Very fine" , "First-rate" , "Jolly good, excellent" , "cracking" , "Informally excellent, very best" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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