| 100% | THEROAD | 7 | "Not Taken" place in a Frost poem title |
| 71% | ROAD | 4 | One was not taken, in a Frost poem |
| 53% | WOODS | 5 | Snowy locale in a Frost poem |
| 53% | ROADS | 5 | Two ways in a Frost poem |
| 52% | SUMO | 4 | Sport that takes place in a dohyo |
| 52% | BANKSHOOT | 9 | Filming that takes place in a vault? |
| 52% | CATS | 4 | Show that takes place in a junkyard |
| 52% | XXXX | 4 | Sport that takes place in a dohyo |
| 52% | EMMA | 4 | Novel that takes place in a Surrey village |
| 52% | PROM | 4 | Dance that might take place in a gymnasium |
| 51% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Study of matter, might take place in a lab |
| 51% | ROPE | 4 | Hitchcock film that takes place in a Manhattan penthouse |
| 50% | CASHCAB | 7 | Game show that takes place in a taxi: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CAB | 3 | "Cash ___" (game show that takes place in a moving vehicle) |
| 50% | SUMO | 4 | Sport that takes place in a ring known as the dohyō |
| 50% | LONGTERM | 8 | Not taking place over a short period of time |
| 49% | OCCUPY | 6 | Take residence in a place |
| 48% | IPANEMA | 7 | Title place in a 1964 hit song |
| 48% | EBOLI | 5 | Title place in a Francesco Rosi film |
| 48% | NEUTRAL | 7 | Not taking either side in a conflict |
| 48% | NEUTRAL | 7 | Not taking any side in a war |
| 48% | LEA | 3 | "Pleasant" place in a Wordsworth poem |
| 48% | RAINONME | 8 | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song whose music video takes place in a storm |
| 48% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___ Not Taken" (Robert Frost poem) |
| 48% | ROAD | 4 | “The ___ Not Taken” (Robert Frost poem) |
| 48% | EOLIAN | 6 | Type of harp in a Coleridge poem title |
| 47% | WON | 3 | Took first place in a race |
| 47% | DESERT | 6 | "___ Places," Robert Frost poem about feeling lonely in a quiet winter landscape |
| 47% | ROAD | 4 | "The ___ Not Taken," poem by Robert Frost |
| 47% | NEUTRAL | 7 | Not taking either side in a war, like Switzerland |