| 100% | METAPHOR | 8 | "Life is a bowl of cherries," e.g. |
| 79% | PITS | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the ___?" (Erma Bombeck book) |
| 79% | ERMA | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" writer Bombeck |
| 78% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 60% | CHERRIES | 8 | Life is just a bowl of __ |
| 59% | LAPPER | 6 | Cat with a bowl of milk, e.g. |
| 58% | LIFE | 4 | A bowl of cherries? |
| 57% | BEERANDSKITTLES | 15 | A bowl of cherries, in Chelsea |
| 56% | PRANK | 5 | Mixing Skittles into a bowl of M&Ms, e.g. |
| 55% | ANALOGY | 7 | "Life is like a box of chocolates," e.g. |
| 52% | ABOWL | 5 | Life is Just ___ of Cherries |
| 51% | ISA | 3 | "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (Erma Bombeck book): 2 wds. |
| 51% | PUN | 3 | "Orion's Belt is a waist of space," e.g. |
| 50% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Reality is a thing of the past" for "The Matrix," e.g. |
| 49% | STILLLIFE | 9 | Painting of a fruit bowl, e.g. |
| 48% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Pet that lives in a bowl of water |
| 46% | ISA | 3 | Erma Bombeck's "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ORATES | 6 | Is a keynoter, e.g. |
| 46% | ASSIST | 6 | Be a wingman, e.g. |
| 45% | ALIEN | 5 | What sort of life form is E.T? |
| 45% | STEM | 4 | Part of a cherry that is rarely eaten |
| 45% | SHAMBLES | 8 | A state of disorder, one's life might be in them |
| 44% | CHESS | 5 | "Life is a kind of ___": Benjamin Franklin |
| 44% | NOTASTE | 7 | A love of kitsch, e.g. |
| 44% | LIFE | 4 | Bowl of cherries, maybe |
| 44% | SING | 4 | Be a prima donna, e.g. |
| 43% | CAPACITY | 8 | Number of people who will fit in a stadium, e.g. |
| 43% | PUN | 3 | "Atheism is a non-prophet institution," e.g. |
| 43% | ABET | 4 | Aid by being a lookout, e.g. |
| 43% | SURGERYVERDICT | 14 | "The operation was a success!," e.g.? |