| 100% | CARRY | 5 | "i ___ your heart with me" (opening of an E. E. Cummings poem) |
| 51% | OLAF | 4 | "Glad and big" protagonist of an e.e. cummings poem |
| 42% | BUFFALOBILL | 11 | Subject of an E.E. Cummings "portrait" |
| 41% | ITOOSINGAMERICA | 15 | Opening of the Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They'll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed" |
| 38% | NORM | 4 | An I.Q. of about 100, e.g. |
| 37% | WASUNDERCAPITALIZED | 19 | ...publisher of e. e. cummings's works, but I... |
| 37% | DOORNAILS | 9 | Parts of an opening associated with death? |
| 37% | IRISEIRISEIRISE | 15 | Last three lines of the Angelou poem that starts: "You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies" |
| 37% | BACK | 4 | With 118-Across, subject of an I.R.S. request |
| 36% | GRU | 3 | "Despicable Me" character with an army of yellow minions |
| 36% | LISA | 4 | Simpson with an I.Q. of 159 |
| 35% | REID | 4 | "Criminal Minds" agent with an I.Q. of 187 |
| 35% | EGYPT | 5 | I'm an African-Asian country with the eagle of Saladin on my flag |
| 35% | ANNE | 4 | “___ with an E” (TV series based on the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery) |
| 34% | FAIL | 4 | Hashtag posted with pictures of an unsuccessful attempt at a recipe, e.g. |
| 34% | SONNET | 6 | "O, never say that I was false of heart ...," e.g. |
| 33% | ASIRECALL | 9 | Opening of an account |
| 32% | FINALS | 6 | Wimbledon or U.S. Open round with an octet of players left |
| 32% | RUBYGILLIS | 10 | Friend of Anne of Green Gables played by Kyla Matthews on "Anne with an E" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DIANABARRY | 10 | Friend of Anne of Green Gables played by Dalila Bela on "Anne with an E" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THESEDREAMS | 11 | Heart hit song with the lyric "Every second of the night I live another life" |
| 32% | ATTILA | 6 | Raphael painted a fresco of him having an audience with Pope Leo I |
| 32% | ARROW | 5 | Feature of an "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt |
| 32% | GILBERTBLYTHE | 13 | Friend of Anne of Green Gables played by Lucas Jade Zumann on "Anne with an E" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ITOO | 4 | Opening of a classic Langston Hughes poem |
| 32% | OZONEHOLE | 9 | Opening for an E.P.A. worker? |
| 32% | ROCKYSTART | 10 | Opening of an Oscar-winning 1976 movie? |
| 32% | LEDE | 4 | Opening of an article, in journalism lingo |
| 31% | DRNO | 4 | Movie with the opening line "I admire your courage, Miss …?" |
| 31% | ARROW | 5 | Prominent feature of an "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt |