| 100% | OPAL | 4 | "How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" (Kaavya Viswanathan novel) |
| 83% | OPAL | 4 | Kaavya Viswanathan's "How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" |
| 36% | FLICKA | 6 | Wild mustang in a Mary O'Hara novel and a Tim McGraw film |
| 36% | ALEX | 4 | Chap gets a beer and a kiss |
| 35% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 35% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 34% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 32% | PARTIESDOWN | 11 | Gets wild and crazy |
| 32% | ONCD | 4 | How a lot of music got sold in the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 32% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 31% | WATSON | 6 | Winifred —, author of novels Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Odd Shoes |
| 30% | ANTED | 5 | Pitched in, and got a hand |
| 30% | SUNBATHE | 8 | To lay out and get a tan |
| 30% | SPA | 3 | Place to relax and get a massage |
| 29% | SITDOWN | 7 | How to get into a chair |
| 29% | ZANY | 4 | Wild and crazy, as a clown |
| 29% | GOESPRO | 7 | Gets sponsors and a salary, perhaps |
| 29% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 29% | GAMEOVER | 8 | Message that basically tells you to get a life? |
| 29% | SPA | 3 | Place to take a soak and get a massage |
| 29% | BRA | 3 | It often gets wired and has a supporting role |
| 29% | PAPI | 4 | “Hola ___: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons” (John Paul Brammer memoir) |
| 29% | MIND | 4 | “The Life of the ___,” Christine Smallwood novel about lost opportunities to become a mother and professor (March, 2021) |
| 29% | INONES | 6 | How to get change for a five |
| 29% | DIALO | 5 | How you could get a number, once |
| 28% | VIA | 3 | How and where a route is completed |
| 28% | TAPERED | 7 | A pet changed colour and got thinner |
| 28% | KNOTUP | 6 | Get tense and hard, as a muscle |
| 28% | DELI | 4 | A place to get sandwiches and subs |
| 28% | UPGRADE | 7 | Get a new and better smartphone, say |