| 100% | TOSEE | 5 | "...the better _____ you with" |
| 100% | EARS | 4 | They're all the better to hear you with |
| 99% | EYE | 3 | Organ that's all the better to see you with |
| 95% | TOEAT | 5 | "The better ___ you with" |
| 91% | SOON | 4 | "___ You'll Get Better" (Taylor Swift song with The Chicks) |
| 84% | EGOIDEAL | 8 | The best you can be, Freudian-style |
| 83% | ALLOFME | 7 | Song standard with the lyric "Can't you see I'm no good without you?" |
| 80% | THEISLANDOF | 11 | With 114-Across, H.G. Wells classic, where you might imagine an individual with all of the starred answers |
| 79% | CECELIA | 7 | Novelist Ahern with the best sellers "PS, I Love You" and "Love, Rosie" |
| 79% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Actor who ended his Best Actor acceptance speech with "I hope the academy invites me back. Thank you." |
| 79% | COMINGHOME | 10 | 2024 34-Down studio album with the hit singles "Good Good" and "Standing Next to You" (2 wds.) |
| 78% | IWON | 4 | "Got the best of you!" |
| 77% | HONESTY | 7 | Billy Joel ballad with the lyrics "But if you look for truthfulness / You might just as well be blind" |
| 77% | YMCA | 4 | 1978 hit with the lyric "You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal" |
| 77% | WARTSANDALL | 11 | Everything, the good with the bad |
| 77% | PEG | 3 | Steely Dan song with the lyrics "And when you smile for the camera / I know I'll love you better" |
| 77% | DEARGOD | 7 | XTC song with the lyrics "Hope you get the letter and / I pray you can make it better down here" |
| 76% | LORDOFTHERINGS | 14 | Best seller, with The |
| 76% | SHAWNMENDES | 11 | "Treat You Better" folk-pop singer who partnered with Justin Bieber on the 2020 top 10 song "Monster": 2 wds. |
| 76% | ARTHUR | 6 | Film with the Oscar-winning song "Best That You Can Do" |
| 76% | MONEY | 5 | Remember the first time you counted your coins and bought yourself a popsicle with your pocket ___ (allowance)? Best. Day. Ever! |
| 75% | POT | 3 | What the best hand may get you |
| 75% | PEG | 3 | Steely Dan hit with the lyrics “So won’t you smile for the camera? / I know I’ll love you better” |
| 75% | POOREST | 7 | With the least worldly goods |
| 74% | BEATLES | 7 | The best-selling musical act of all time, with the |
| 74% | THEWIRE | 7 | Critically acclaimed TV show with the line "You come at the king, you best not miss" |
| 74% | ETC | 3 | "I won't bore you with the rest" |
| 74% | ETCETC | 6 | "I won't bore you with the rest" |
| 74% | LIPS | 4 | The body parts you kiss with |
| 74% | SKILLSET | 8 | The things you're good at |