| 100% | ASON | 4 | "I'll be ___ of a gun!": 2 wds. |
| 70% | ASON | 4 | "I'll be ___ of a gun!" |
| 65% | DANGME | 6 | "I'll be a son of a gun" |
| 64% | NOWI | 4 | The start of a prayer, "___ lay me down...": 2 wds. |
| 60% | HUGHDANCY | 9 | "Confessions of a Shopaholic" actor who plays Will Graham on NBC's "Hannibal": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | Title star of a 1990s sitcom who was the honoree of a 2012 Comedy Central roast: 2 wds. |
| 57% | AIMAT | 5 | Point towards, as with a gun: 2 wds. |
| 57% | INLOVE | 6 | Be a victim of 56-across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MAYI | 4 | "___ be of service?": 2 wds. |
| 55% | LILLIANGISH | 11 | "The Birth of a Nation" star who is the only silent era actor to win the AFI Life Achievement Award: 2 wds. |
| 55% | INON | 4 | " I think both of them were ___ it. They seemed so calm during the assault" : 2 wds. |
| 55% | ORELSE | 6 | End of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 55% | AGAL | 4 | Counterpart of a guy: 2 wds. |
| 55% | OLORD | 5 | Beginning of a prayer: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATTHE | 5 | ___ drop of a hat: 2 wds. |
| 54% | PITABREAD | 9 | The wrapping of a falafel sandwich: 2 wds. |
| 54% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ONEK | 4 | Length of a kids' fun run: 2 wds. |
| 54% | LASTLEG | 7 | Final segment of a relay race: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BSIDE | 5 | Lesser half of a vinyl single: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TRIALRUNS | 9 | Preliminary tests of a new system: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ACTII | 5 | Second half of a play segment: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BIGFAN | 6 | Ardent follower of a celebrity, say: 2 wds. |
| 54% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 54% | ONERUN | 6 | Result of a bases-loaded walk: 2 wds. |
| 54% | IDO | 3 | Last words of a single person: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 rpm record: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MAMABEAR | 8 | Middle member of a "Goldilocks" trio: 2 wds. |