Crossword puzzle clue "compliment from a west end critic"

Compliment from a West End critic

"___ End boys and West End girls" (Pet Shop Boys lyric)

"I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place ..."

Contents of many a critic's year-end list

Compliment to an acupuncturist?

Response to a compliment, at times

Artfully try to get, as a compliment

Compliment, in a way