| 100% | ABOX | 4 | “Life is like — of chocolates” |
| 100% | ABOX | 4 | "Life is like ___ of chocolates" |
| 89% | BOX | 3 | "Life is like a ___ of chocolates" ("Forrest Gump" line) |
| 89% | ANALOGY | 7 | "Life is like a box of chocolates," e.g. |
| 89% | ANALOGY | 7 | "Life is like a box of chocolates," for example |
| 69% | SHY | 3 | Like someone who's unlikely to be the life of the party |
| 65% | HOWAREYOU | 9 | "What's life been like?" |
| 63% | ABOWL | 5 | Life is Just ___ of Cherries |
| 62% | CHERRIES | 8 | Life is just a bowl of __ |
| 60% | FOND | 4 | Is __ of; likes |
| 60% | UNTO | 4 | "My life is like ___ a bargain store" (Dolly Parton lyric) |
| 60% | SANDS | 5 | "Like ___ through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" |
| 59% | TEEMS | 5 | Is full of life |
| 58% | ELF | 3 | Being like Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 58% | DARK | 4 | Type of chocolate that may be bitter |
| 58% | INHABITANT | 10 | Is an __ of; lives in |
| 58% | CABARET | 7 | Life is one of these, or so sang Liza Minnelli |
| 57% | GREGARIOUS | 10 | Like the life of the party |
| 57% | EPISTEMOLOGICAL | 15 | Like questions of what is knowable |
| 57% | SUCH | 4 | "___ is life!" (expression of resignation) |
| 57% | OPERATE | 7 | Be in control of, like machinery |
| 56% | SPAN | 4 | Life___ of common housefly is 28 days |
| 56% | FLOURISH | 8 | Be healthy, like a type of meal? |
| 56% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 55% | INEXILE | 7 | Like Napoleon at the end of his life |
| 55% | APT | 3 | Like "evil" being an anagram of "vile," say |
| 54% | NOMADIC | 7 | Like someone who wanders as a way of life |
| 54% | IRANIAN | 7 | Like the origins of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement |
| 54% | GOOEY | 5 | Like the inside of a warm chocolate chip cookie |
| 54% | LEAN | 4 | Like a cut of meat that is low-fat |