| 100% | MAE | 3 | ___ West, who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 100% | MAE | 3 | West who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 57% | EDA | 3 | LeShan who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" |
| 57% | LESHAN | 6 | Eda who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" |
| 47% | LEAR | 4 | Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 46% | LEAR | 4 | King who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 45% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespeare character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 45% | LEAR | 4 | Stage character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 45% | MAEWEST | 7 | She said, "It's better to be 19-Across than 55-Across" |
| 45% | PELEG | 5 | Literary seaman who says, “It’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one” |
| 45% | RECEIVE | 7 | Saying: it's better to give than to __ |
| 45% | PELEG | 5 | Literary captain who says "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" |
| 44% | HOMESWEETHOME | 13 | "Ahh, it's good to be here!" saying on some decor |
| 43% | SORRY | 5 | "It's better to be safe than ___" |
| 43% | LUCKY | 5 | "It's better to be ___ than good" (aphorism) |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than the sword |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be "mightier than the sword" |
| 41% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword |
| 41% | MERYL | 5 | Streep who said, “Women are better at acting than men. Why? Because we have to be” |
| 40% | QUALITY | 7 | It's said to be put over quantity |
| 40% | GROOVE | 6 | It's good to be in one |
| 40% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword, in a proverb |
| 40% | MAE | 3 | West who said "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| 40% | MAE | 3 | West who said "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful" |
| 39% | ANGER | 5 | It's good to be slow to it |
| 39% | ALI | 3 | Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" |
| 39% | ONESELF | 7 | Something it's good to be |
| 38% | PAR | 3 | Number it's good to be under |
| 38% | COLINKAEPERNICK | 15 | He said, “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way” |
| 38% | IALSO | 5 | "___ say it is good to fall": Whitman, "Song of Myself" |