| 100% | MARRYINGTHEKALE | 15 | "I suppose it might seem odd that a reverend like myself would suddenly begin ___ ..." |
| 29% | MANGY | 5 | Like a dog that might be losing some of its fur |
| 29% | ALLUSION | 8 | Metaphor that sounds like a magician would make it |
| 29% | ICY | 3 | Like a road that might need to have salt poured on it |
| 28% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Outback hunting gizmo that looks like it will make a comeback? |
| 28% | GRIN | 4 | Expression that seems like it would be the opposite of 5-Across? |
| 27% | CATTY | 5 | Like a remark that might elicit a "me-ow" |
| 27% | BON | 3 | It might begin a voyage? |
| 26% | JOKE | 4 | It may begin with a buildup |
| 26% | ATTAR | 5 | It may smell like a rose |
| 26% | VEST | 4 | Subject of a Mitch Hedberg joke that ends, "If I had no arms, it would be a jacket." |
| 26% | IDEA | 4 | It might begin with a "What if ...?" |
| 26% | FIREDRILL | 9 | It might begin with a false alarm |
| 26% | JOKE | 4 | It may begin with a "knock knock" |
| 26% | CON | 3 | It may look like a great deal |
| 26% | ATTAR | 5 | It may come out smelling like a rose |
| 25% | CASTLE | 6 | Building that a bounce house might look like |
| 24% | MINOR | 5 | Like a key that may evoke sadness |
| 24% | OMEN | 4 | What dark clouds might seem like, to a superstitious person |
| 24% | PAPERTHIN | 9 | Like walls in a cheap motel, it seems |
| 24% | SNARKY | 6 | Like a comment that may elicit "Oh, snap!" |
| 24% | RIPE | 4 | Like a coconut that falls from its tree |
| 24% | RANDOMLY | 8 | "I know this might seem odd ..." |
| 24% | ODES | 4 | Poems that may begin "For a ... " |
| 24% | ODE | 3 | Poem that may begin "To a ... " |
| 24% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain who says, "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing" |
| 24% | EXPLICIT | 8 | Like song lyrics that might require a warning label |
| 24% | EERIE | 5 | Like a portrait that seems to be watching you |
| 24% | TERN | 4 | A seabird that sounds like it's changing direction |
| 24% | TOGO | 4 | Like a restaurant order that will be enjoyed elsewhere |