| 100% | GROSSLY | 7 | ''The most may err as __ as the few.'': Dryden |
| 41% | LESS | 4 | More, as the saying goes |
| 41% | PERHAPS | 7 | As the case may be |
| 39% | DICIEST | 7 | Involving the most risk, as a plan |
| 39% | ARMFUL | 6 | As much as the upper limbs can carry |
| 39% | PART | 4 | For the most ___ (with few exceptions) |
| 38% | WAX | 3 | Become more intense, as the moon |
| 38% | WAXED | 5 | Grew more visible, as the moon |
| 38% | BLARNEY | 7 | Nonsense, as the Irish might say |
| 38% | SHULA | 5 | Don with the most total wins as an NFL head coach |
| 38% | SWEETEN | 7 | Make more tempting, as the 87-Across |
| 38% | ORIENTATED | 10 | In position, as the British might say |
| 37% | UMP | 3 | One who might err on the safe side? |
| 37% | AKIN | 4 | Much in the same vein as |
| 37% | CLORIS | 6 | Leachman tied for the most (eight) Emmy wins as a performer |
| 36% | TOOTLES | 7 | Described as the most humble of the Lost Boys |
| 36% | LETTUCE | 7 | Green vegetable used as the base of many salads |
| 36% | PLYMOUTH | 8 | Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving |
| 36% | AHNOLD | 6 | The Governator, as he might pronounce it |
| 36% | TIPONEILL | 9 | Congressman who served the most consecutive years as speaker of the House (1977-87) |
| 36% | SOTHAT | 6 | “The rich must live more simply, ___ the poor may simply live” |
| 36% | BATS | 4 | They may emit as many as 200 beeps per second |
| 36% | LIVINGFOR | 9 | Regarding as the most important part of one's existence |
| 36% | ONTIPTOE | 8 | How a parent serving as the tooth fairy might walk |
| 36% | MAX | 3 | To the ___ (as much as possible) |
| 35% | BASKINGIN | 9 | Enjoying, as one might the limelight |
| 35% | GEORGEBRETT | 11 | Infielder with the most career homers (317) as a Royals player: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SABAN | 5 | Nick ___, college football coach with the most national titles (seven, as of 2023) |
| 35% | DAVINCI | 7 | Painter of the most expensive work of art, as of 2019 |
| 35% | WOREON | 6 | "He became more delusional, as the month ___." (passed slowly): 2 wds. |