| 100% | ART | 3 | "Falsehood can hold out against much in this world, but not against ___": Solzhenitsyn |
| 31% | ADEQUATE | 8 | This is good enough but not more |
| 31% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 31% | YEAST | 5 | Ingredient in most bread, but not matzo |
| 31% | YEAST | 5 | Ingredient in most breads, but not matzo |
| 30% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 30% | ESC | 3 | Key used to get out, but not in |
| 30% | ATOLL | 5 | Bikini you could swim around but not in |
| 30% | OUTLOUD | 7 | Say something not in your head but this |
| 30% | ETS | 3 | Beings from out of this world, in brief |
| 30% | CDS | 3 | There's not much interest in these nowadays |
| 30% | PROMISE | 7 | This can be broken but never held |
| 29% | DOWNS | 5 | Lows ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle |
| 29% | UPS | 3 | Highs ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle |
| 29% | CREMATED | 8 | In Hinduism, the dead are not buried, but this |
| 29% | LOLA | 4 | The "she" in the lyric "I'm not the world's most physical guy, / But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine" |
| 29% | ETC | 3 | "There's more to this list, but I'm not gonna say them all" |
| 28% | TRAILMUCK | 9 | "... but dogs can't spoil how much I enjoy driving around in the ___" |
| 28% | EMUS | 4 | Birds that can run faster than you can, but not in Tasmania |
| 28% | ELBOW | 5 | Body part that can be held with one hand, but not both |
| 28% | CHINA | 5 | Country that holds the record for being the most populous in the world |
| 28% | ESC | 3 | Key that can get you out of a window, but not a door |
| 28% | ROSE | 4 | Juliet ___, delicate but thorny flower that is amongst the most expensive in the world |
| 28% | LLOYD | 5 | D —, England cricketer who hit 214 not out against India at Edgbaston in 1974 |
| 28% | RESIST | 6 | Hold out against |
| 28% | UNDERTHESUN | 11 | In this world |
| 28% | WITHSTAND | 9 | Hold out against |
| 27% | HUHWHYE | 7 | *"Wait ... can we not play this in F sharp instead?" |
| 27% | LARA | 4 | B C —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 400 not out against England in St John's in 2004 |
| 27% | TAIPAN | 6 | Inland ___, Australian snake which holds the title of "the most venomous snake in the world" |