| 100% | UHOH | 4 | "This is looking bad" |
| 100% | YIPES | 5 | "This is looking bad!" |
| 100% | UHOH | 4 | "This is looking bad!" |
| 95% | UHOH | 4 | "This is looking bad" expression: Hyph. |
| 93% | UHOH | 4 | "This is looking bad" expression: 2 wds. |
| 88% | IMTOAST | 7 | "This is looking extremely bad for me!" |
| 88% | GULP | 4 | [This is looking very bad for me] |
| 82% | EVEN | 4 | "This is ___ worse than it looks" |
| 75% | IVE | 3 | "___ been looking for this everywhere!" |
| 75% | IVE | 3 | "___ been looking forward to this!" |
| 74% | NONE | 4 | This is worse than a bad excuse |
| 73% | UHOH | 4 | "Man, this is bad": Hyph. |
| 71% | AGEWELL | 7 | Not look bad after all this time |
| 70% | INSULT | 6 | This is added to injury to make a situation worse |
| 68% | HAIRCUT | 7 | If your head is looking shaggy, you need this |
| 68% | COVENANT | 8 | Indiana Jones was looking for the Ark of this |
| 67% | WHISTLING | 9 | Doing this is considered bad luck in circus |
| 67% | BLACKCAT | 8 | This feline is said to bring bad luck |
| 67% | HEX | 3 | This could be a case of bad spelling? |
| 66% | YIPES | 5 | "Holy cow! This could be bad!" |
| 66% | ILHAN | 5 | First name of the This Is What America Looks Like memoirist |
| 65% | LADDER | 6 | Walking under this is considered bad luck |
| 65% | FLANNEL | 7 | This fabric was an essential part of grunge look |
| 65% | KNEW | 4 | "I ___ this was a bad idea" |
| 65% | DISEASE | 7 | The remedy may be worse than this |
| 65% | NOT | 3 | "This is ___ half bad" |
| 64% | RAVIOLI | 7 | This kind of pasta is filled; looks like a pillow |
| 64% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 64% | SPAS | 4 | Vichy and Bad Ems are known for these |
| 63% | OHGOD | 5 | "This is SO bad!" |