### Clue: Nonpareil de Perfide Albion (5)
### Answer: IDEAL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Nonpareil 
 **Hidden in**(de;French for "of") "*Perfide Albion*".  The italicised phrase is the French translation of "Perfidious Albion", referring, in international relations, to the treacherous British, though it could also be used in a sort of humorous context. Does the surface mean the British do it best?
Defn: From the French, without equal or match.