| Best-possible |
| 2000 Best Song Oscar winner |
| A dish best served cold |
| Aristotle's "best provision for old age |
| Animated TV character whose best friend is Boots |
| Low-grade liquor |
| 2018 Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Driver |
| An event to honor the best hospital patient? |
| Relating to grades 1 to 12, briefly |
| Band best known for 1985's "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| Grade school basics |
| Harry Potters best friend |
| Grades K-6 (Abbr.) |
| Actor Jannings, winner of the first Best Actor Oscar |
| Bestow |
| Subpar grades |
| Surviving Milli Vanilli member [avxword.com is home to the best indie xwords - subscribe today] |
| Marginal grade |
| Bestow benefit upon |
| Great grade |
| A. J. ___, author of the best seller "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World |
| 1960s self-help bestseller |
| A person's personal best, my boy? |
| Average conduct grade |
| Adequate grades |
| 2005 Best Director Oscar winner Lee |
| 1997 best seller subtitled "Her True Story |
| Poor grades |
| Almost failing grade |
| A fake "RIP" tweet about him (after the VMA broadcast) made PopEater.com's "Best Celebrity Twitter Stories of 2009 |