| 100% | STET | 4 | "Leave in," to a proofreader |
| 100% | STET | 4 | Leave in, to a proofreader |
| 79% | STET | 4 | "Leave it in," to a proofreader |
| 77% | STETS | 5 | Leaves in, to proofreaders |
| 68% | BEQUEATH | 8 | Leave something to someone in a will |
| 66% | OVERCOOK | 8 | To leave food in a pan for too long |
| 66% | ISOLATES | 8 | Leaves prone to capture, as a pawn in chess |
| 66% | SAYYOURGOODBYES | 15 | Prepare to leave, in a way |
| 66% | BEQUESTS | 8 | Items left to others in a will |
| 66% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 66% | TIP | 3 | What you leave in a jar next to a cash register, sometimes |
| 65% | KEYS | 4 | Unfortunate things to leave locked in a car |
| 65% | SPACE | 5 | #, to a proofreader |
| 64% | EVICTION | 8 | Official notice to leave a property you live in |
| 64% | RESIDUARYESTATE | 15 | Everything not specifically left to someone in a will |
| 64% | STET | 4 | "Leave as is," to a proofreader |
| 64% | STET | 4 | "Leave in," to a proofer |
| 63% | TAB | 3 | The key to the left of Q in a keyboard |
| 63% | BEQUEATH | 8 | Legally leave something to someone in a will |
| 63% | SPACE | 5 | "#," to a proofreader |
| 62% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Place the Joads left to seek a better life in California |
| 61% | STOOP | 5 | "___ kid's afraid to leave his ___!" (Chant in a "Hey Arnold!" episode) |
| 61% | FORK | 4 | Utensil to the left of the plate in a standard table setting |
| 61% | NICECATCH | 9 | Props to a proofreader |
| 61% | DELE | 4 | “Remove,” to a proofreader |
| 61% | STET | 4 | "Disregard," to a proofreader |
| 60% | RABIN | 5 | Figure to the left of Clinton in a famous 1993 photo-op handshake |
| 60% | NEED | 4 | "I ___ to Know" (song by a rock artist who left us in 2017) |
| 60% | STET | 4 | Leave in, to an editor |
| 59% | YIELD | 5 | Give in to a demand |