| 100% | ACT | 3 | "That's a tough ___ to follow!" |
| 100% | ACT | 3 | "That's a tough ___ to follow" |
| 87% | ACT | 3 | "That's gonna be a tough ___ to follow..." |
| 78% | ACT | 3 | "That's going to be a tough ___ to follow!" |
| 65% | AWAY | 4 | "Spirited ___," 2001 Studio Ghibli movie that follows a young girl's attempt to save her parents |
| 65% | TALLORDER | 9 | That's a lot to do |
| 64% | AGENT | 5 | Word that follows "secret" to mean a spy |
| 64% | SINEW | 5 | Tough tendon that connects a muscle to a bone |
| 64% | STEEP | 5 | Like a rock wall that's tough to climb |
| 64% | ACT | 3 | "Tough ___ to follow!" ("That's an impressive performance!") |
| 63% | PEN | 3 | Word that follows "fountain" to mean a desk item |
| 63% | HOLE | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a space phenomenon |
| 63% | KEEPER | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refers to a stable caretaker |
| 63% | MARKET | 6 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a shadow economy |
| 62% | CLINGY | 6 | Like a cat that follows you from room to room |
| 62% | ELDEN | 5 | "___ Ring," From Software's 2022 fantasy action game that follows an exile's journey to repair a broken kingdom |
| 62% | ACT | 3 | One may be tough to follow |
| 62% | RADISH | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to a zesty root vegetable |
| 62% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 62% | LIST | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a record of banned items |
| 61% | BABYTALK | 8 | Speech that's hard to follow |
| 61% | MONTE | 5 | Game that's hard to follow |
| 61% | BRA | 3 | Word following "push-up" that anagrams to a word following "pull-up" |
| 60% | EASYA | 5 | Class that's not tough to pass |
| 60% | UBER | 4 | App that's a bane to cabbies |
| 60% | UBER | 4 | App that's a scourge to cabbies |
| 60% | UMM | 3 | "That's a tough one ..." |
| 60% | NUT | 3 | A tough ___ to crack |
| 60% | PILL | 4 | A tough ___ to swallow |
| 60% | BOARD | 5 | Word that follows "surf" to mean a platform used to ride a wave |