| 100% | BREVITY | 7 | "The soul of wit," in a saying |
| 65% | BREVITY | 7 | Shakespeare said it is the soul of wit |
| 65% | BREVITY | 7 | The soul of wit |
| 64% | LEAPT | 5 | Navigated furniture in a game of the floor is lava, say |
| 63% | ACTII | 5 | When Polonius says "Brevity is the soul of wit" |
| 63% | ATBATS | 6 | The 4 of a 2-for-4 line in baseball, say |
| 62% | BREVITY | 7 | "___ is the soul of wit" |
| 62% | KNELT | 5 | Was in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 62% | KNELT | 5 | Posed in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 61% | BREVITY | 7 | It is the soul of wit |
| 61% | ANTE | 4 | A couple of chips in the pot, say |
| 61% | OUTSMARTS | 9 | Gets the better of in a battle of wits |
| 60% | HAMLET | 6 | Source of the saying "Brevity is the soul of wit" |
| 60% | ADAGE | 5 | "Brevity is the soul of wit," for one |
| 60% | BREVITY | 7 | "___ is the soul of wit" (line from "Hamlet") |
| 60% | RANDO | 5 | Person in the background of a photo, say |
| 59% | IDO | 3 | Words often said in front of a justice of the peace (2 wds.) |
| 59% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 58% | ROADS | 5 | In a saying, all of them lead to Rome |
| 57% | LINT | 4 | Cottony debris in the bottom of a pocket, say |
| 57% | ANIMAHOUSE | 10 | Spoof about the soul of a fraternity? |
| 57% | NODE | 4 | The junction of veins in a body |
| 57% | TEXTBOOKS | 9 | The sources of information in a course |
| 57% | STOOP | 5 | Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door |
| 57% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 57% | STUFFING | 8 | The meaning of farce in a French restaurant |
| 56% | PREEN | 5 | Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, say |
| 56% | DYBBUK | 6 | In Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person |
| 56% | SPIN | 4 | Take a turn in the Game of Life, say |
| 56% | TWELVE | 6 | The number of pennies in a pre-decimal shilling |