| 100% | ENE | 3 | "The ___my of my ___my is my friend" |
| 82% | YOU | 3 | "____ are the apple of my eye" |
| 79% | DARKNESS | 8 | The Sound of Silence : "Hello __ my old friend" |
| 79% | THOSE | 5 | "____ were the days, my friend" |
| 78% | STEVIE | 6 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" singer Wonder |
| 78% | EYE | 3 | My son is the apple of my ___ |
| 78% | DAYS | 4 | "... those were the best ___ of my life..." |
| 77% | TRAP | 4 | Question like "Which of my friends is most attractive?," say |
| 77% | PYGMALION | 9 | Shaw play that is the basis of My Fair Lady |
| 77% | INVICTUS | 8 | Poem that ends "I am the captain of my soul" |
| 77% | LEAST | 5 | "That is the ___ of my worries!" |
| 77% | BANE | 4 | "You are the ___ of my existence" |
| 76% | SHOW | 4 | The (Original) prisoner was a fave one of mine |
| 76% | AMID | 4 | '___ the tornadoed Atlantic of my being...': 'Moby-Dick' |
| 76% | DEAR | 4 | "He is a ___ friend of mine." (Beloved) |
| 75% | NINA | 4 | "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" singer Simone |
| 75% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ been the best day of my life!" |
| 74% | BULLFROG | 8 | Jeremiah was a ___, was a good friend of mine |
| 74% | ANISTON | 7 | Jennifer who was one of the stars of Friends |
| 73% | AMONG | 5 | "It's nice to be ___ friends" (in the company of) |
| 72% | DAN | 3 | I wrote the Robert Langdon series and three of my novels were adapted into films |
| 71% | DAISY | 5 | Princess ___ of Sarasaland who is the friend of Princess Peach in the "Mario" spin-off games |
| 69% | PSALMS | 6 | Source of "The Lord is my shepherd ..." |
| 69% | EARWORM | 7 | The 1975 hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head" would be an appropriate one |
| 69% | DIANA | 5 | I was the Princess of Wales and I was known for my charity work |
| 69% | KOOMSON | 7 | Dorothy —, author of novels My Best Friend's Girl and The Ice Cream Girls |
| 69% | BRONTE | 6 | Who wrote "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 68% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | "Doctor, My Eyes" singer whose first name is the capital of Mississippi: 2 wds. |
| 68% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | American singer with 25 Grammy Awards famous for his song "You Are the Sunshine of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 68% | AJA | 3 | Album that begins "In the corner of my eye / I saw you in Rudy's / You were very high" |