| 100% | PUSHER | 6 | "A cookie ___," idiom that refers to someone who flatters others for self-serving motives |
| 44% | TIN | 3 | ___ ear, phrase that refers to someone who may lack a musical ear |
| 44% | LEAD | 4 | ___ foot, "metallic" phrase that refers to someone who may get a speeding ticket |
| 40% | SMART | 5 | "A ___ cookie," idiom referring to someone who is clever and capable of making good decisions |
| 35% | THETEAM | 7 | "Take one for ___," sports idiom that refers to making sacrifices for others: 2 wds. |
| 35% | POWER | 5 | Word before "house" to refer to someone who has great energy, and something that's not actually a house |
| 35% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | Someone who sets a good example to others |
| 35% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | Someone who is a good example for others |
| 34% | APPLEOFMYI | 10 | Affectionate idiom that originally referred to a pupil |
| 33% | MISSYOU | 7 | *Text to someone who's been away for a while [Opposite of 17-Across?] |
| 31% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 31% | MIRACLES | 8 | Unexplainable events that are required for someone to become a saint |
| 31% | CLAPPERS | 8 | Going like the __, idiom that refers to bells |
| 30% | FOOD | 4 | ___ scarcity, term referring to a lack of nutritional sources that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 29% | ARO | 3 | ___/ace (term for a person who usually doesn't experience romantic or sexual attraction to others) |
| 29% | CARER | 5 | Someone who tends to others |
| 28% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
| 28% | KILLJOY | 7 | Someone who deliberately spoils fun for others |
| 28% | SOURCE | 6 | Someone who gives information to a reporter |
| 28% | FORAGER | 7 | Someone who searches for food, a rummager |
| 28% | BIKER | 5 | Someone who rides a Harley, for example |
| 28% | HBD | 3 | Brief message to someone who's turning a year older |
| 28% | LONER | 5 | Someone who keeps to his or her self |
| 28% | OPERATOR | 8 | Someone who conducts a machine or other equipment |
| 28% | OPERATOR | 8 | Someone who conducts a machine or other equipments |
| 28% | PARTNER | 7 | Someone who helps you to run a business |
| 28% | AMPUTEE | 7 | Someone who has lost a limb to amputation |
| 28% | POSTULANT | 9 | Someone who applies to join a religious order |
| 28% | PIANIST | 7 | Someone who plays the piano for a living |
| 28% | DUPE | 4 | Someone who's been played for a sucker |