| 100% | SHORT | 5 | "This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is it?" |
| 84% | BRAINTEASER | 11 | “What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?,” e.g. |
| 69% | SHORT | 5 | What word becomes shorter when you add letters to it? |
| 60% | SHORT | 5 | What word becomes shorter when two letters are added? |
| 48% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 43% | PACT | 4 | Word that becomes its own synonym when “com-” is added to it |
| 41% | EVER | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front |
| 41% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 41% | BAN | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" |
| 41% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 39% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 38% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 38% | OFFER | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you add "pr" to the front |
| 37% | DIE | 3 | Word pluralized by adding a c between its final two letters |
| 37% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 37% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 37% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 37% | PINACOLADA | 10 | What I'm going to have after I've finished writing these clues and it's spelled out with the first two letters of five of the longest puzzle answers |
| 37% | HAIR | 4 | Musical that becomes another musical when "spray" is added to it |
| 36% | ABLE | 4 | Add a B to 48-Across, and you'll be ___ to get this word! |
| 36% | SLY | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to WI |
| 36% | SLY | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to "WI" |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game that becomes another game when its last two letters are switched |
| 36% | SRI | 3 | Honorific that becomes another honorific if you reverse its last two letters |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game that becomes another game if you swap its last two letters |
| 36% | CHARY | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" |
| 36% | SRI | 3 | Respectful title that becomes another title when its last two letters are switched |
| 36% | FIRING | 6 | Word that becomes its opposite when "F" is changed to "H" |
| 36% | WHO | 3 | Question that becomes another question when its first letter is moved to its end |