| 100% | ADLAI | 5 | "___ and Estes — The Bestest" (1956 campaign slogan) |
| 48% | BIDEN | 5 | President who campaigned on the slogan "Our best days still lie ahead" |
| 48% | CHISHOLM | 8 | Shirley with the campaign slogan “Unbought and Unbossed” |
| 46% | ORNOTHING | 9 | The best __ Mercedes slogan |
| 45% | ELITE | 5 | The best and the brightest |
| 43% | SNAPPIEST | 9 | Like the best slogan, say |
| 42% | CHERRYPICK | 10 | Select the best and leave the rest |
| 42% | FIVESTAR | 8 | Like the best hotels and Lyft ratings |
| 41% | YESWECAN | 8 | Campaign slogan associated with a Chicago politician of the 2000s |
| 41% | ATEAM | 5 | Group of the best and the brightest (Hyph.) |
| 41% | REISER | 6 | He wrote the best sellers "Couplehood" and "Babyhood" |
| 41% | TIMING | 6 | Skill perfected by the best comics and athletes |
| 41% | COMMON | 6 | The largest and best-known cuttlefish |
| 40% | FOODIE | 6 | Person who seeks out the best restaurants and recipes |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | Singer with the best-selling albums "19," "21" and "25" |
| 39% | BETTER | 6 | The word between the sequence good and best |
| 39% | FLAGSHIP | 8 | The largest and best store representing a company |
| 39% | LADY | 4 | "___ and the Tramp," 1956 Disney film |
| 39% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 39% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 39% | NICHOLSON | 9 | Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 |
| 39% | BUTKUSAWARD | 11 | Honor given to the best high school, college and pro linebackers |
| 38% | GRIMDARK | 8 | Over the top gloomy and gritty campaign |
| 38% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 38% | LAWYER | 6 | "Compromise is the best and cheapest ___" (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson) |
| 38% | TINATURNER | 10 | "The Best" singer, and what this puzzle is, in the circles |
| 38% | GRAMMYS | 7 | Record of the Year and Best New Artist |
| 37% | PRSTUNT | 7 | Carlsberg's "Probably not the best beer in the world" campaign, for one |
| 37% | CECELIA | 7 | Novelist Ahern with the best sellers "PS, I Love You" and "Love, Rosie" |
| 37% | ASL | 3 | Communication system featured in the Best Picture nominees Sound of Metal and Coda |