| 100% | LIFELIKE | 8 | Resembling a real person (the way a well-made mannequin does) |
| 42% | LIFESTYLE | 9 | The way a person lives |
| 42% | ISA | 3 | "What the people need ___ way to make 'em smile" (lyric from a 1972 song) |
| 42% | DOESGOOD | 8 | Makes the world a better place |
| 42% | DOGOOD | 6 | Make the world a better place |
| 40% | LAPS | 4 | ___ up (drinks the way a cat does) |
| 39% | AGAINST | 7 | Averse to making a profit on the way |
| 39% | LAPS | 4 | ___ up (drinks water the way a dog does) |
| 39% | STREET | 6 | *Public road where people make everyday dealings ... or a place where one learns about the real world |
| 39% | VENACAVA | 8 | The way to a person's heart? |
| 39% | LIFESTYLE | 9 | The way in which a person lives |
| 38% | OUTSCORES | 9 | Does a better job than at making points |
| 38% | GIRLSCOUT | 9 | Troop member who works to make the world a better place |
| 38% | BACKSPIN | 8 | Make a ball turn the opposite way, in tennis |
| 38% | ASPIRIN | 7 | It might make you a better person |
| 38% | PILL | 4 | It may make you a better person |
| 38% | EDIT | 4 | Make better, in a way |
| 37% | FAIRWEATHERFANS | 15 | People who support a team when it's doing well |
| 37% | SALE | 4 | Make a ___ (what a real estate agent tries to do) |
| 37% | TABLEHOPS | 9 | Makes the rounds, in a way |
| 37% | ELITE | 5 | The best people in a society |
| 37% | DOESWONDERS | 11 | Makes something better in a big way |
| 37% | MISDIAL | 7 | Make the wrong call, in a way |
| 37% | PERMS | 5 | Makes the hair wavy, in a way |
| 36% | AGENT | 5 | Word you might say over the phone to be connected with a real person |
| 36% | ISEE | 4 | Prom___ is the person to whom a promise is made |
| 36% | ICING | 5 | ___ on the cake (something that makes a situation even better) |
| 36% | LOOTS | 5 | Makes off with the goods, in a way |
| 36% | SUGARCOAT | 9 | Make sweeter, in the way the theme answers do to their starred clues? |
| 36% | UNDO | 4 | What you do when you make a mistake on the computer |