| 100% | OFFER | 5 | "What's the best ___?" (Buyer's bid) |
| 64% | WARTSANDALL | 11 | Everything, the good with the bad |
| 63% | UGLY | 4 | The Good, the Bad, and the this |
| 63% | THEUGLY | 7 | The Good, the Bad and __, Western movie |
| 60% | POT | 3 | What the best hand may get you |
| 60% | ORDEALS | 7 | "What's the best way to spend less on shopping? Coupons ___?" |
| 59% | RING | 4 | What the best man holds for the groom |
| 59% | TOAST | 5 | What the best man makes at a wedding |
| 59% | LOPE | 4 | What may be good for the long run? |
| 59% | THEFRENCHCONNECTION | 19 | Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle's answers have |
| 59% | FOR | 3 | "What's good ___ the goose ..." |
| 58% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | __ Westerns include The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
| 58% | MORRICONE | 9 | Ennio, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composer |
| 58% | OLDAGE | 6 | What "education is the best provision for," per Aristotle |
| 58% | DOOMSCROLLING | 13 | Habit of incessantly reading bad news online, and what's happening in the circles |
| 58% | SOFAR | 5 | Megadeth's "___, So Good... So What!" (1988), certified platinum in the US and Canada |
| 57% | RACISM | 6 | What excellence is the best deterrent to, per Oprah Winfrey |
| 57% | ANOTHERROUND | 12 | Best International Feature Oscar winner in 2021 ... and what's been added to the starred clues' answers |
| 57% | NETCOST | 7 | What the buyer ends up paying |
| 57% | WELLBLOWMEDOWN | 14 | What the Big Bad Wolf said ...? |
| 57% | DOT | 3 | What's the point? |
| 57% | DECIMAL | 7 | What's the point? |
| 57% | ATOMS | 5 | What's the matter? |
| 57% | MUSIC | 5 | What's the score? |
| 57% | HEIST | 5 | What's the holdup? |
| 57% | NEWS | 4 | What's the latest |
| 57% | DOT | 3 | What's the point |
| 56% | ENNIOMORRICONE | 14 | "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" composer |
| 56% | UGLY | 4 | "The Good, the Bad, and the ___" (Eastwood film) |
| 56% | UGLY | 4 | "The Good, the Bad, and the ___," 1966 film |