| 100% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 100% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 91% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 42% | ASK | 3 | "I sort of hate to ___ it, but do you have a basket?" (rhyming question from Little Red in "Into the Woods") |
| 42% | ATM | 3 | Something that most people use, but it's also not tough to go through a withdrawal |
| 39% | ETC | 3 | "There's more to this list, but I'm not gonna say them all" |
| 38% | CAMOUFLAGEPANTS | 15 | What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? |
| 37% | HAIRBRUSH | 9 | Use this to style locks, but it's not a comb |
| 37% | TEABAG | 6 | It can get out of hot water, but only when there's a string attached |
| 36% | GROUNDHOWLING | 13 | "I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ..." |
| 36% | DISCARD | 7 | It's not part of a play |
| 36% | ISLE | 4 | "Every summer we can rent a cottage / In the ___ of Wight, if it's not too dear" ("When I'm Sixty-Four" lyrics) |
| 35% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 35% | MATH | 4 | Subject of debate as to whether or not it’s a science |
| 35% | FRET | 4 | Feature of a viol, but not most violins |
| 35% | PAIR | 4 | It's not much to show |
| 35% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 35% | BEER | 4 | It may have a head but not a tail |
| 35% | MINISKI | 7 | It's not much to go on |
| 34% | OAR | 3 | Tool used by most of a rowing team, but not the coxswain |
| 34% | EFLAT | 5 | It's not much higher than a D |
| 34% | ODDS | 4 | There's not much of a chance when these are long |
| 34% | YOUDBESETONSTUNNING | 19 | "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." |
| 33% | IOWA | 4 | "I thought of a joke about ___, but it's too corny" (groaner) |
| 33% | CHEETAH | 7 | A type of big cat, it purrs but does not roar |
| 33% | BYTE | 4 | It's made up of bits, but not pieces |
| 33% | IICARGARAGE | 11 | It's usually attached to a house |
| 33% | NOTE | 4 | It's not a lot to jot |
| 33% | SIEVE | 5 | Not much of a blockade |
| 33% | STUB | 4 | Not much of a pencil |