| 100% | ITHELPS | 7 | "That makes things a little better" |
| 68% | ATTITUDE | 8 | "A little thing that makes a big difference," per a popular saying |
| 61% | GAB | 3 | Gift that makes a good speaker? |
| 61% | ABC | 3 | Grades that make a good average |
| 61% | PLUS | 4 | Sign that makes an A grade better |
| 61% | ODDEVENING | 10 | Dinner date that makes a good story? |
| 61% | ABATOR | 6 | One that makes a nuisance less intense |
| 58% | ICING | 5 | ___ on the cake (something that makes a situation even better) |
| 58% | FINALTOUCH | 10 | Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 57% | ERASERS | 7 | Things that might make a cloud when clapped together |
| 57% | ITHELPS | 7 | "That's a little better" |
| 56% | GRR | 3 | [That makes me a little angry] |
| 55% | POS | 3 | /___ (tone indicator that means "this is a good thing") |
| 55% | SAVE | 4 | Good thing to do often on a computer that randomly crashes sometimes |
| 53% | CPLUS | 5 | A little better than average |
| 53% | YMHA | 4 | Community center initialism that might make a good Weird Al Yankovic parody |
| 53% | PAR | 3 | In golf, an estimated standard score that a good player should make |
| 53% | MONISM | 6 | Belief that all things are made of a single substance |
| 52% | MFR | 3 | Co. that makes things |
| 52% | WOW | 3 | "Well, that was a thing." |
| 52% | SIMILE | 6 | Poetic device that makes a direct comparison between two things, as "She walks in beauty, like the night" |
| 51% | ONEUP | 5 | Do a little better than |
| 51% | IDO | 3 | "___ things a little differently": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TAB | 3 | Setting that makes things right? |
| 51% | ETTE | 4 | Extension that makes things smaller? |
| 51% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 Ben Affleck thriller that would make a good alternate title for this puzzle |
| 51% | AGGRAVATOR | 10 | It's not making things better |
| 50% | PAR | 3 | In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | It's a little better than nothing |
| 50% | SUNLIGHT | 8 | Daytime natural agent that makes things visible |