Superb striker cutting wood (4-4)

I believe the answer is:

five-star

'superb' is the definition.
(five-star can mean the most excellent)

'striker cutting wood' is the wordplay.
'striker' becomes 'vesta' (type of match - something you strike).
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'wood' becomes 'fir' (fir is a kind of wood).
'vesta' put into 'fir' is 'FIVE-STAR'.

(Another definition for five-star that I've seen is " Good quality (accommodation)".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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