| 100% | HOLY | 4 | "___ moly!", expression of surprise that is no longer in common use |
| 47% | WATERUNDERTHE | 13 | Past disagreements that are no longer of concern ... or each block of shaded squares in this puzzle? |
| 41% | WOW | 3 | Expression of surprise for when you are in awe of something |
| 41% | ARCHAISM | 8 | Expression no longer in use, old-fashioned word |
| 40% | YIPE | 4 | Sharp cry of surprise that, surprisingly, is in the Scrabble dictionary |
| 40% | BLIMEY | 6 | Word of surprise that would be expressed by 28a in London? |
| 40% | BLIMEY | 6 | Expression of surprise in Britain, commonly used by Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 37% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is one of the ten most common street names in the US |
| 37% | YIKES | 5 | Expression of surprise that's similar to "Eek!" |
| 37% | STALE | 5 | Food that is no longer fresh |
| 37% | OBSOLETE | 8 | No longer in use |
| 37% | OLD | 3 | No longer in use |
| 36% | BARBECUE | 8 | A long fork is used in this type of meat cooking |
| 36% | FLAT | 4 | Like soda that is no longer fizzy |
| 36% | COMMONUSE | 9 | Slide rules are no longer in it |
| 36% | SKOAL | 5 | Tobacco that was used in Cledus T. Judd's "The Grundy County Spitting Incident" of 1996 |
| 36% | OLD | 3 | No longer in use, maybe |
| 36% | LASTYEAR | 8 | Phrase that can be used in place of “yesterday” on January 1st |
| 36% | WHOA | 4 | Expression of surprise that's similar to "Hold your horses!" |
| 36% | EYEBROWS | 8 | These are raised in an expression of surprise |
| 36% | KAUAI | 5 | Hawaiian island that is home to Waimea Canyon which was used in the filming of "Jurassic Park" |
| 36% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 35% | SEX | 3 | "No ___ Please, We're British," farcical musical that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 35% | SUMAC | 5 | Tangy red-colored spice that is used in the Middle Eastern spice mix za'atar (anagram of "musca") |
| 35% | OUTDATED | 8 | No longer in use, like old technology |
| 35% | OBSOLETE | 8 | No longer in fashion, out of date |
| 35% | ICEPICK | 7 | Item used in the murder of Johnny Boz that detective Nick Curran was investigating |
| 35% | SCROLL | 6 | Roll of parchment for writing that may be used in the "Harry Potter" universe |
| 35% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem that has rarely been used in English since Keats |
| 35% | HAVEL | 5 | He said, “There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them” |