| 100% | SAFARIHAT | 9 | "I'd like sun protection in the Serengeti, such as a ... " |
| 43% | BASKING | 7 | Lying out in the sun, like a lizard |
| 43% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 41% | ROSALIND | 8 | Girl in the play As You Like It disguised as a boy |
| 40% | ONEEYED | 7 | Like a cyclops or some of the Minions in "Despicable Me": Hyph. |
| 39% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 37% | ROBERT | 6 | Actor Oliveri who began his career as a child actor and played Nick Szalinski in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" |
| 37% | MELTS | 5 | Liquefies, like a popsicle in the summer sun |
| 37% | ONICE | 5 | In the bag, as a win |
| 37% | VITAMINS | 8 | Essential nutrients such as A, C, and D |
| 37% | OPEN | 4 | In the clear, as a pass receiver |
| 37% | ALFRESCO | 8 | In the open air, as a meal |
| 37% | ACCENT | 6 | Mark on a letter such as a grave, circumflex or acute in the French language |
| 36% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 36% | TEAMS | 5 | Sides in a sport, such as the Dodgers and Giants |
| 36% | SHROUDS | 7 | Burial garments, such as a famous one in Turin |
| 36% | SIMILE | 6 | Poetic device that makes a direct comparison between two things, as "She walks in beauty, like the night" |
| 36% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 36% | HIND | 4 | In the back, as a dog's legs |
| 36% | SOLVENT | 7 | In the black, like a dry cleaner? |
| 36% | WILD | 4 | Like animals in the Serengeti |
| 36% | METYOURMOTHER | 13 | "How I ___," a popular TV series in which John Lithgow appeared as the father of Barney Stinson: 3 wds. |
| 36% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 36% | WRESTLING | 9 | Grappling in the ring, such as WWE |
| 36% | THAW | 4 | Soften in the sun, as ice |
| 35% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He underwent training, such as learning to fly a helicopter, to perform some of his own stunts in the "Mission: Impossible" films: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 35% | CIRCUMFLEX | 10 | Mark placed over a vowel such as the o in French |
| 35% | NOD | 3 | "Yes, I agree," as you'd see in a silent agreement |
| 35% | HORMONES | 8 | Chemicals in the body such as estrogen and testosterone |