| 100% | ONESELF | 7 | What it's usually best to be |
| 77% | SORTS | 5 | What it's not good to be out of |
| 66% | NATURE | 6 | It's "loved by what is best in us," according to Emerson |
| 64% | FACTS | 5 | It's usually good to stick to them |
| 63% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 62% | VIIIBALL | 8 | It's not good to be behind it |
| 61% | SUMMONS | 7 | It's usually bad to be served with one |
| 60% | PLACEPLACEAT | 12 | What it's impossible to be in |
| 59% | COMA | 4 | State it's not good to be in |
| 57% | GROOVE | 6 | It's good to be in one |
| 57% | TRUE | 4 | "It's too good to be ___!" |
| 57% | ANGER | 5 | It's good to be slow to it |
| 55% | NORM | 4 | It's what's to be expected |
| 55% | ONESELF | 7 | Something it's good to be |
| 54% | PAR | 3 | Number it's good to be under |
| 53% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ good to be true!" |
| 53% | TOO | 3 | "It's ___ good to be true" |
| 53% | SORRY | 5 | "It's better to be safe than ___" |
| 52% | INSIDE | 6 | Good place to be when it's cold and rainy |
| 52% | TRICKS | 6 | It is good to have these up one's sleeve |
| 52% | LUCKY | 5 | "It's better to be ___ than good" (aphorism) |
| 52% | SHAM | 4 | Not what it seems to be |
| 52% | ILLUSORY | 8 | Not what it appears to be |
| 52% | GENUINE | 7 | Completely what it claims to be |
| 52% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 52% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 51% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 51% | BOO | 3 | What it would be a mistake to write twice? |
| 51% | QUACKSLIKEADUCK | 15 | Appears to be just what it is |
| 51% | EDA | 3 | LeShan who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" |