| 100% | ONEUP | 5 | Best by a little |
| 72% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo by a little |
| 69% | EDGE | 4 | Best by a bit |
| 65% | ONEUP | 5 | Outdo by a little: 2 wds. |
| 64% | CPLUS | 5 | A little better than average |
| 63% | TRIMMING | 8 | Cutting hair, but just by a little bit |
| 62% | PRINCESS | 8 | A Little __, by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| 62% | UPPITY | 6 | A little too good for everybody |
| 62% | RING | 4 | Usually carried by a little boy at a wedding |
| 61% | ITHELPS | 7 | "That's a little better" |
| 60% | BIT | 3 | "I feel a little ___ better now" |
| 59% | ONE | 3 | It's a little better than nothing |
| 58% | MYFRIENDS | 9 | With a Little Help from __, by The Beatles |
| 57% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Question posed by a 1987 children's best seller |
| 57% | VEGETABLE | 9 | A fruit's less sweet best friend |
| 57% | AESTHETIC | 9 | Defined by a concern with beauty or good taste |
| 57% | SEDENTARY | 9 | A lifestyle noted by little physical activity |
| 56% | CARGO | 5 | Goods carried by a freighter |
| 55% | DRAWINTO | 8 | Make a member of little by little |
| 54% | AMI | 3 | "What a good boy ___!": Little Jack Horner |
| 53% | TOUCHED | 7 | Emotionally affected by something, in a good way |
| 51% | BRAVERHEAT | 10 | Best Picture about a less cowardly police force? |
| 51% | IMNO | 4 | "You Know ___ Good," a hit by the late Amy Winehouse |
| 51% | THERE | 5 | "___ Was a Little Girl," autobiography written by Brooke Shields about her relationship with her mother |
| 50% | KISS | 4 | "___ it Better," a song by Rihanna for her 2016 album "Anti" |
| 49% | TIGERMOTHER | 11 | Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller |
| 49% | SCENT | 5 | "A Good ___ from a Strange Mountain" (Pulitzer winner by Robert Olen Butler) |
| 49% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | Best-selling novel by 40-Across that was adapted into a new movie: 4 wds. |
| 48% | LUV | 3 | 1964 Broadway comedy by Murray Schisgal; a 1965 Tony Award Best Play nominee |