| 100% | META | 4 | "We ___ few years ago": ("We got introduced a while back") 2 wds. |
| 42% | ITWAS | 5 | "___ a long time ago that we last met...": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NEWNORMAL | 9 | What we have to get used to after a crisis: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | "Give It All We Got Tonight" singer with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROADTRIPPIN | 11 | Dan + Shay song with the lyrics "I been thinkin, yeah / It's been a while since we got out of town" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | US president who killed a man in a duel more than 20 years before taking office: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LEFTMOST | 8 | "He ___ of his belongings behind, thinking he would come back in a few weeks.": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LINESUP | 7 | Gets in a queue: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STAINEDINSTEAD | 14 | What was done to the back deck this time after the fiasco a few years ago with the paint and the raccoon? |
| 38% | SPEEDREADS | 10 | Gets through a book quickly: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | US track-and-field star who got a silver and a gold medal in the decathlon in consecutive Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | US president who got a speeding ticket while driving his horse and buggy in Washington: 3 wds. |
| 37% | OLD | 3 | Born quite a few years ago |
| 37% | LETUP | 5 | Back off a little: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PEEKSAT | 7 | Gets a glimpse of: 2 wds. |
| 37% | INON | 4 | Get ___ a good thing: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OFFTO | 5 | Get ___ a good start: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ONIN | 4 | Getting ___ years: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASKIN | 5 | Invite to stay a while: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LIELOW | 6 | Hide out for a while: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 record: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AGESAGO | 7 | A long, long time back: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CURLSUP | 7 | Gets comfy on a couch: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MEETUP | 6 | Get together as a group: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STANDSUP | 8 | Gets out of a chair: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LONGAGO | 7 | Many years back: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ONIN | 4 | Getting ___ years (aging): 2 wds. |
| 36% | ONIN | 4 | Getting ___ years (maturing): 2 wds. |
| 36% | ONIN | 4 | Getting __ years (aging): 2 wds. |