| 100% | HAS | 3 | "Rumor ___ it that he is a wanted felon..." |
| 47% | DEADSEA | 7 | George Burns quipped that when he was a boy, it was only sick |
| 43% | JUDE | 4 | He was told to "take a sad song and make it better" |
| 43% | TODAY | 5 | "___ is a gift, that's why it is called the present" (saying) |
| 42% | PRESENT | 7 | "Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __" |
| 42% | PRESENT | 7 | “Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the ___” |
| 42% | HYPOCRISY | 9 | It is a homage that vice pays to virtue |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | It has a trunk that can't be packed |
| 42% | HOOP | 4 | Its diameter is roughly twice that of a basketball |
| 42% | HYENA | 5 | A dog-like carnivore that is known for its laugh |
| 42% | LIKEST | 6 | Shakespearean slur, He that is __ to a hogshead |
| 41% | SALT | 4 | A seasoning so valuable that it was once used as currency |
| 41% | KEY | 3 | Item that might be fervently wanted by a prisoner |
| 41% | NAMENAMES | 9 | Sing in a way that might not be wanted? |
| 41% | VIETNAMMEMORIAL | 15 | The Wall That Heals is a replica of it |
| 41% | BECOMESACAT | 11 | "The trouble with a kitten is that / Eventually it ..." |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | Statistic that a pitcher wants to be low: Abbr. |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | The mythological Jinshin-Uwo is a giant one that carries Japan on its back |
| 41% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 41% | SARTRE | 6 | He wrote, "I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating" |
| 40% | RBI | 3 | Stat that a baseball slugger wants to be high: Abbr. |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | Stat that a baseball pitcher wants to be low: Abbr. |
| 40% | LIFE | 4 | (7/7) "The holiday is a celebration of ___ and of the bonds that enrich it." |
| 40% | ENO | 3 | He said that ambient music "must be as ignorable as it is interesting" |
| 40% | ELIA | 4 | He was a Lamb |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Small peg that supports a golf ball before it is struck |
| 40% | JUKEBOX | 7 | Machine that plays music when a coin is put in it |
| 40% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Outback hunting gizmo that looks like it will make a comeback? |
| 40% | TOAD | 4 | Horned ___ (animal that is really a spiny lizard, despite its name) |
| 40% | INT | 3 | Stat that a QB doesn't want to be high: Abbr. |