| 100% | ASHREW | 6 | "Every man . . . can tame _____ but he that hath her": Burton |
| 36% | ISNT | 4 | Something he or she can use that you can't? |
| 36% | LESS | 4 | "He that hath no beard is __ than a man": Shak. |
| 35% | BESTSONGEVER | 12 | 44-Across hit single with the lyrics "We knew every line, now I can't remember / How it goes but I know that I won't forget her" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | REGAN | 5 | Character who said about her father, "Yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself" |
| 34% | POET | 4 | "Every man will be a ___ if he can": Thoreau |
| 33% | APOET | 5 | "Every man will be ___ if he can": Thoreau |
| 30% | ELEM | 4 | He, but not she: Abbr. |
| 30% | DEFEATED | 8 | "A man can be destroyed but not ___": Hemingway |
| 30% | ELEMENT | 7 | He or I, but not she |
| 29% | MALE | 4 | Like him but not her |
| 29% | CHEMICALSYMBOLS | 15 | He and I, but not she and you |
| 29% | NORM | 4 | Man's nickname that can also mean "average" |
| 28% | PAINE | 5 | He wrote that government "is but a necessary evil" |
| 28% | GEL | 3 | Stuff that can help tame a cowlick |
| 28% | DEN | 3 | Room that could be a man cave |
| 28% | OPHELIA | 7 | She "speaks things in doubt, / That carry but half sense" |
| 27% | FRIZZ | 5 | Hair feature that can be tamed with mousse |
| 27% | DEN | 3 | Room that could serve as a man cave |
| 27% | EMU | 3 | Australian bird that runs fast but can't fly |
| 27% | LIE | 3 | George Washington said that he could not tell one |
| 27% | DUDS | 4 | Fireworks that could have been great, but weren't |
| 27% | DEN | 3 | Room that could be used as a man cave |
| 27% | ABS | 3 | Muscles that could be displayed by a shirtless man |
| 27% | BADIDEARIGHT | 12 | Song on Olivia Rodrigo's 2023 album "Guts" with the lyric "Yes, I know that he's my ex, but can't two people reconnect?" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SAL | 3 | Man's nickname that can add "-vatore" to become its full version |
| 26% | IVINS | 5 | "Molly ___ Can't Say That, Can She?" (1990s best seller) |
| 26% | OSTRICH | 7 | Large bird that runs very fast but can't fly |
| 26% | TENPAST | 7 | Phrase that can precede 11 or 12, but not 13 |
| 26% | PALM | 4 | It has lines that can be read but not written |