| 100% | CRONKITE | 8 | His tag line was “And that’s the way it is” |
| 50% | STATUSQUO | 9 | That's just the way it is |
| 49% | FRAIDSO | 7 | "Yep, that's the way it is" |
| 48% | AND | 3 | "___ that's the way it is" (Cronkite sign-off) |
| 45% | SIC | 3 | [That's the way it was written] |
| 45% | SADBUTTRUE | 10 | “That’s the way it is, unfortunately” |
| 45% | DION | 4 | "That's the Way It Is" singer Celine |
| 45% | RIVERDALE | 9 | Teen drama series following Archie Andrews and his friends that is named after the town it is set in |
| 44% | ALLTOMYSELF | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I'm jealous of the song that you've been singin' / And the way it's rollin' off your lips" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | YET | 3 | "And ___ it moves" (Galileo's supposed response to being forced to recant his claim that the Earth moves around the sun) |
| 41% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 41% | CRUMBLES | 8 | "That's the way the cookie ___," idiom that means an unpleasant situation must be accepted as it is |
| 41% | TREND | 5 | That's the way it goes |
| 39% | WARM | 4 | The ___ Up, athletic-wear line that is a collaboration between actress Jessica Simpson and Macy's |
| 39% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | STATUSQUO | 9 | The way it is |
| 38% | TRUTH | 5 | The way it is |
| 38% | NATURE | 6 | The artist François Boucher said that it was "too green and badly lit" |
| 38% | EBRO | 4 | River that was the ancient dividing line between Rome and Carthage |
| 38% | UNGUARDED | 9 | "He didn't lock the doors and left his house ___, that's how it made it easy for the burglars!" |
| 38% | RED | 3 | The M&M macot who removes his outer shell and says, "Oh, it's that kind of party." |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | Pitching stat that's better the lower it is: Abbr. |
| 37% | SOY | 3 | Its top producers are Brazil and the U.S. |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | ___ Goody, popular music and entertainment retailer before the millennium that was known for its DVDs and high prices |
| 37% | ALTERED | 7 | Not the way it was |
| 37% | ISNT | 4 | Not the way it is! |
| 37% | GOT | 3 | Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue: English and How It ___ That Way" |
| 37% | ROCKET | 6 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! Astronaut's fuel-powered vehicle that is launched up into the air |
| 37% | SPACE | 5 | 3, 2, 1... And off it goes! ___ shuttle, NASA's flying vehicle that is launched up into the air |
| 37% | BACKWARDLOOKING | 15 | Give heed! And listen to my tale of the mad tyrant who decreed that all toilets in his realm be installed the wrong way, for he was the … |