| 100% | CHALK | 5 | I am a teacher's best friend. I help them write on the blackboard. Who am I? |
| 67% | ROD | 3 | I am a fisherman's best friend. I help them pull the fish once it's hooked. Who am I? |
| 65% | BRUSH | 5 | I am a hairstylist's best friend. I help them comb out stubborn knots. Who am I? |
| 62% | CAMERA | 6 | I am a photographer's best friend. I help them capture every memory. Who am I? |
| 61% | SAW | 3 | I am a woodworker's best friend, I help them cut through planks of wood. Who am I? |
| 54% | KNIFE | 5 | I am a chef's best friend. I help chop veggies for a good stew. Who am I? |
| 47% | EASEL | 5 | I and 28a are an artist's best friends. I hold the canvas. Who am I? |
| 40% | PAINT | 5 | I and 38d are an artist's best friends. I add color to their art. Who am I? |
| 39% | BERT | 4 | Ernie's best friend on "Sesame Street" for whom Ernie dedicated the song "That's What Friends Are For" |
| 38% | WOODY | 5 | Buzz Lightyear's best friend in "Toy Story" who features in the song "You've Got a Friend in Me" |
| 36% | HARE | 4 | I'm a rabbit's "Snow" cousin and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 36% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 35% | GOAT | 4 | I'm a "Mountain" animal and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 35% | WHALE | 5 | I'm a "Beluga" Arctic mammal and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 35% | SEAL | 4 | I'm a "Crabeater" Antarctic animal and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 35% | BEAR | 4 | I'm a large "Polar" animal and the cold never bothered me anyway. Who am I? |
| 35% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 32% | JONG | 4 | Author whose best-known work begins "There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I'd been treated by at least six of them" |
| 32% | WEARABLETHINGTOTASTE | 20 | "I know they've had them on all day, but let the kids eat their candy. After all, a Ring Pop is a ..." |
| 32% | MUFASA | 6 | Simba's father on Disney's "The Lion King," who is a lion |
| 32% | LEOPARD | 7 | I'm a spotted big cat with speed and strength. I rule the night with my majestic sight. Who am I? |
| 32% | DOWN | 4 | "I am reading a book on the history of glue. It's impossible to put ___!" |
| 31% | MARAWILSON | 10 | "Matilda" child actress who wrote the memoir "Where Am I Now?": 2 wds. |
| 31% | CALLERID | 8 | It tells people who's trying to reach them on the phone: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 31% | HARRY | 5 | ___ S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States who was also a skilled piano player |
| 31% | ALLY | 4 | Friend who's on your side in a conflict |
| 31% | ELFFUR | 6 | ... Looking back on it, I'm glad I bought that and not the ___. Luxurious Santa is a bad look!
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| 31% | IMJUSTKEN | 9 | Best Original Song Oscar nominee with the lyric "Anywhere else, I'd be a ten" |
| 31% | MARKZUCKERBERG | 14 | Facebook cofounder who's been on the Time 100 list four times: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Amazon founder who's been on the Time 100 list five times: 2 wds. |