| 100% | ABOWL | 5 | Life is Just ___ of Cherries |
| 75% | CHERRIES | 8 | Life is just a bowl of __ |
| 68% | BOWL | 4 | "Life is Just a ___ of Cherries," 1931 song by Ray Henderson which was re-recorded by Doris Day in 1967 |
| 60% | PITS | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the ___?" (Erma Bombeck book) |
| 60% | ERMA | 4 | "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" writer Bombeck |
| 59% | ERMA | 4 | Bombeck who wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? |
| 55% | METAPHOR | 8 | "Life is a bowl of cherries," e.g. |
| 54% | IMAMESS | 7 | "Ugh, my life is just not together right now" |
| 52% | TEEMS | 5 | Is full of life |
| 51% | TIP | 3 | "This is just the ___ of the iceberg" |
| 51% | INHABITANT | 10 | Is an __ of; lives in |
| 50% | CABARET | 7 | Life is one of these, or so sang Liza Minnelli |
| 50% | SUCH | 4 | "___ is life!" (expression of resignation) |
| 49% | INCH | 4 | Measurement that is just over 8% of a foot |
| 49% | SPAN | 4 | Life___ of common housefly is 28 days |
| 48% | TENOR | 5 | Singer whose range is just above that of a baritone |
| 48% | ANT | 3 | Household sighting that one hopes is just a speck of dirt |
| 47% | ISA | 3 | "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (Erma Bombeck book): 2 wds. |
| 47% | SLOGAN | 6 | Just Do It is a popular one of these |
| 47% | ENERGETIC | 9 | Full of life, ready to be active |
| 47% | DAYS | 4 | "... those were the best ___ of my life..." |
| 47% | GEN | 3 | Gas of life is oxy___ |
| 47% | MEDIOCRITY | 10 | State of being just average |
| 46% | ALIEN | 5 | What sort of life form is E.T? |
| 46% | VARIETY | 7 | It is the spice of life, proverbially speaking |
| 46% | ALEXA | 5 | "___, what is the meaning of life?" (modern query) |
| 46% | STEM | 4 | Part of a cherry that is rarely eaten |
| 46% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ been the best day of my life!" |
| 46% | BORE | 4 | Far from being the life of the party |
| 46% | NINE | 4 | Number of lives cats are said to have |