| 100% | SEX | 3 | "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman) |
| 43% | SEX | 3 | “Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman |
| 33% | 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 |
| 29% | CAGEFREEEGG | 11 | It may not be all that it's cracked up to be |
| 26% | OPTICALILLUSION | 15 | Thing that may appear to be symmetrical but isn't ... like this puzzle's grid |
| 26% | 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" |
| 26% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 26% | MANGY | 5 | Like a dog that might be losing some of its fur |
| 25% | UFOS | 4 | Phenomena leading some to believe that we are not alone |
| 25% | ABE | 3 | Nickname that President Lincoln did not like to be called |
| 25% | OMAN | 4 | Country whose Wikipedia page might note that it's "not to be confused with Amman" |
| 25% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 25% | SMALLFRY | 8 | Some, but not all, fishy things that will eventually grow to become bigger fingerlings |
| 25% | ELIXIR | 6 | Medicine that's not all it's promised to be |
| 25% | TACOENO | 7 | ... Looking back on it, the best part of that game was when composer Brian gave you a Tex-Mex treat. That's why we called him ___.
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| 25% | PRESENT | 7 | "Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __" |
| 24% | MOLTENROCK | 10 | It might be underground now, but it’s going to be hot when it comes out |
| 24% | SEAM | 4 | Feature that some undergarments claim not to have (but it's often just less noticeable) |
| 24% | FOUNDMISSING | 12 | Like a stolen object, when it's not where it's supposed to be |
| 24% | HASASHOT | 8 | Might be able to do it |
| 24% | LESS | 4 | It may be more, to some |
| 24% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 24% | OBEY | 4 | Verb that's not included in marriage vows as often as it used to be |
| 23% | DRESSING | 8 | It may be French or Italian, but not German |
| 23% | TENSE | 5 | It may be perfect or simple, but not both |
| 23% | ANGLE | 5 | It may be right, but not left |
| 23% | TIRE | 4 | It might be flat but not sharp |
| 23% | ICICLE | 6 | It might be doing some eaves-dropping? |
| 23% | PAR | 3 | It may not be easy to shoot |
| 23% | JAZZ | 4 | Genre that "remains distinguishable not by what is played but by how it is played," according to Encyclopedia Britannica |