| 100% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." (words in a romantic letter, perhaps) |
| 52% | WANT | 4 | "I ___ you to be my Valentine..." |
| 49% | DEAR | 4 | Starting word in a letter to someone you love |
| 42% | INNUENDO | 8 | "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?," e.g. |
| 42% | DEAR | 4 | First word in a letter to Santa |
| 41% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 41% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Person urges you to be quiet in a place with books |
| 40% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __ means to be explained in few words |
| 40% | ONE | 3 | To be __ in a million means you are very unique |
| 39% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | Actress who wore contact lenses she couldn't see through to play a blind woman in "All I See Is You": 2 wds. |
| 39% | EATPRAYLOVE | 11 | Romantic drama in which Elizabeth Gilbert says, "I am having a relationship with my pizza" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | BRODIE | 6 | Literary protagonist Jean who tells her pupils, “I am dedicated to you in my prime” |
| 38% | HYPERLINK | 9 | Word in a computer document that can be clicked on in order to move to a related document |
| 38% | PUNINTENDED | 11 | Addendum to a statement such as “My violin teacher was instrumental in getting me into Juilliard” |
| 38% | ABLE | 4 | "Will you be ___ to pay me a visit today?" |
| 38% | SPELL | 5 | "I Put a ___ On You," 1956 song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins whose missing word is related to 17a |
| 38% | DOORWAY | 7 | Portal represented 20 times in this puzzle that lets you in and out of a confined space (Note: These special letters, reading left to right, row by row, will produce an apt four-word phrase) |
| 38% | BIENVENUE | 9 | Word that might be in the introduction to a French textbook |
| 37% | JEANNIE | 7 | Little __, "I want you to be my acrobat" song |
| 37% | ITHAD | 5 | "___ To Be You," a 2015 romantic comedy starring Cristin Milioti and Dan Soder: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | Word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts |
| 37% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 37% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 37% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters" writer |
| 37% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 37% | VENICE | 6 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Floating City" |
| 37% | ROME | 4 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "The Eternal City" |
| 37% | DUBLIN | 6 | I'm a city in Ireland and my nickname is "The Fair City" |
| 37% | IFEAR | 5 | "___ that I will give in to my craving" (apprehension): 2 wds. |