| 100% | DOG | 3 | I'm a loyal canine known to be "man's best friend." Who am I? |
| 46% | CAMERA | 6 | I am a photographer's best friend. I help them capture every memory. Who am I? |
| 45% | CHALK | 5 | I am a teacher's best friend. I help them write on the blackboard. Who am I? |
| 45% | BRUSH | 5 | I am a hairstylist's best friend. I help them comb out stubborn knots. Who am I? |
| 45% | KNIFE | 5 | I am a chef's best friend. I help chop veggies for a good stew. Who am I? |
| 45% | PAINT | 5 | I and 38d are an artist's best friends. I add color to their art. Who am I? |
| 45% | SAW | 3 | I am a woodworker's best friend, I help them cut through planks of wood. Who am I? |
| 44% | ROD | 3 | I am a fisherman's best friend. I help them pull the fish once it's hooked. Who am I? |
| 43% | COURTENEYCOX | 12 | Actress who played a woman pretending to be Jerry's wife for a dry-cleaning discount on "Seinfeld," but is better known as Monica on "Friends" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ILOVEYOUMAO | 11 | Guy makes a new best friend ... WHO TURNS OUT TO BE A COMMUNIST! |
| 41% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 40% | DONALD | 6 | Mickey Mouse's duck best friend who is always seen wearing a sailor shirt and cap |
| 40% | HERMEY | 6 | Rudolph's elf friend who wants to be a dentist |
| 40% | NOONE | 5 | Who "knows what it's like to be the bad man," according to a 1971 hit by the Who |
| 39% | TUBE | 4 | I'm a slender "testing" container used to make chemical reactions. Who am I? |
| 39% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 38% | EASEL | 5 | I and 28a are an artist's best friends. I hold the canvas. Who am I? |
| 38% | WIFI | 4 | I'm a password-protected entity who relies on routers to create a network. Who am I? |
| 38% | POCKET | 6 | I'm a small patch in your jeans to hold a wallet or candy wrappers. Who am I? |
| 37% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | "I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" |
| 37% | JUSTSAYNOME | 11 | Poor prompt to a friend who's been asked what the capital of Alaska is? |
| 37% | GOD | 3 | Heavenly figure Animal that is man's best friend |
| 36% | ELI | 3 | Manning who was twice a Super Bowl M.V.P |
| 36% | BOGART | 6 | Humphrey ___, I'm a Hollywood legend born on Christmas Day, known for my role in "Casablanca." Who am I? |
| 36% | DOG | 3 | Man's best friend as per a phrase |
| 36% | SAM | 3 | Tolkien character who is a friend to Frodo |
| 36% | WOLF | 4 | I'm an "Arctic" canine and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 36% | USB | 3 | I'm a connector that lets you transfer files in a flash and allows you to plug and play. Who am I? |
| 36% | ALAN | 4 | Barbie's boyfriend's best friend who was introduced in 1964 |
| 36% | WOODY | 5 | Buzz Lightyear's best friend in "Toy Story" who features in the song "You've Got a Friend in Me" |