| 100% | LEDUP | 5 | "___ to..." (resulted in): 2 wds. |
| 100% | LEDTO | 5 | Resulted in: 2 wds. |
| 91% | LEDTO | 5 | Resulted in, in other words: 2 wds. |
| 84% | ASFOR | 5 | In regard to: 2 wds. |
| 79% | ALOT | 4 | "That's ___ to take in": 2 wds. |
| 79% | ALOT | 4 | "This is ___ to take in!": 2 wds. |
| 79% | INRE | 4 | As to, in memos: 2 wds. |
| 79% | INRE | 4 | "Pertaining to" in memos: 2 wds. |
| 78% | EPICFAIL | 8 | Disastrous result, in modern slang: 2 wds. |
| 77% | UPFOR | 5 | Ready to participate in (2 wds.) |
| 77% | ASFOR | 5 | In regard to (2 wds.) |
| 76% | LIGHTNINGBOLT | 13 | Nickname given to athlete in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 75% | TIEGAME | 7 | Virtually impossible result in basketball and baseball (2 wds.) |
| 75% | TOOKASIDE | 9 | Ushered away, to speak in private: 2 wds. |
| 75% | PASTLIFE | 8 | Previous existence, to believers in reincarnation: 2 wds. |
| 74% | AIMAT | 5 | Get ready to shoot in the direction of: 2 wds. |
| 74% | LISALESLIE | 10 | First woman to dunk in a WNBA game: 2 wds. |
| 74% | TEEUP | 5 | Prepare to drive, in golf: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to swing, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Chance to hit, in softball: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ATBAT | 5 | Turn to hit, in baseball: 2 wds. |
| 73% | SNOWIER | 7 | Likely to result in bigger banks |
| 73% | LIZCAMBAGE | 10 | First woman to dunk in an Olympic basketball game: 2 wds. |
| 73% | LARAMS | 6 | NFL team restored to California in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ITBE | 4 | "Would ___ okay to drop in unannounced?": 2 wds. |
| 72% | INRE | 4 | With respect to, in legal terms: 2 wds. |
| 72% | INRE | 4 | "As to," in memos: 2 wds. |