| 100% | DELUGE | 6 | "After us the __" said Madame de Pompadour |
| 46% | AMOUR | 5 | Topic for Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV |
| 42% | HANDCARTS | 9 | The saying says we're going to hell in these |
| 41% | TARDY | 5 | Arriving after the bell, say |
| 41% | TEND | 4 | Look after the sick, say |
| 41% | CAMEL | 5 | Arrived after the bell, say |
| 40% | INHEAT | 6 | Going after the big bucks, say |
| 40% | INDC | 4 | Visiting the U.S. Capitol, say |
| 39% | EXECUTIVECHEF | 13 | The ad said "seasonal work" ... and we got an __! |
| 39% | CINCO | 5 | ___ de Mayo (holiday in Mexico and the US) |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | Reconstruction ___ (period after the US Civil War) |
| 39% | RACED | 5 | Competed at the Tour de France, say |
| 39% | BIKED | 5 | Competed in the Tour de France, say |
| 39% | RACER | 5 | Cyclist in the Tour de France, say |
| 39% | CYCLE | 5 | Compete in the Tour de France, say |
| 39% | ASHY | 4 | Like a fireplace the morning after, say |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | Reconstruction ___ (the years after the US Civil War) |
| 39% | JINX | 4 | Comment after saying something at the same time |
| 39% | TROTS | 5 | Circles the bases after a home run, say |
| 39% | GONE | 4 | What an auctioneer says after the final bid |
| 39% | SOLD | 4 | What an auctioneer says after the winning bid |
| 38% | CHEROKEES | 9 | Jeeps named after a tribe from the southeastern US |
| 38% | BELOVED | 7 | Toni Morrison novel set after the US civil war |
| 38% | DUNGENESS | 9 | Crabs named after the Straits of Juan de Fuca |
| 38% | LINGER | 6 | Stay after everyone else has left the party, say |
| 38% | TAHOE | 5 | Deepest lake in the U.S. after Crater Lake |
| 38% | MTADAMS | 7 | Washington peak named after the second U.S. president |
| 38% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say in the U.S.A. |
| 38% | AWE | 3 | Feeling after seeing the Grand Canyon, say |
| 37% | ORATE | 5 | Speak at the U.N., say |