| 100% | NOLEAD | 6 | "We have ___ on the scandal." (like a tip-off): 2 wds. |
| 51% | FERRISBUELLER | 13 | Sitcom based on the 1986 film starring Matthew Broderick about a high-school slacker's day off from school: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ALOG | 4 | Like a bump on ___: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ASTRING | 7 | Like a puppet on ___ (totally controlled): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ATSEA | 5 | Like a ship crossing the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ATBAT | 5 | Like a baseball slugger who's facing the pitcher: 2 wds. |
| 49% | WEGO | 4 | "Off ___ on the adventure of a lifetime!": 2 wds. |
| 48% | PETERUSTINOV | 12 | "Death on the Nile" (1978) star who has played Hercule Poirot a record six times (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ANYOF | 5 | "Do we have ___ the ingredients mentioned in the cookbook?": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MRT | 3 | Mohawked actor on the 1980s show "The A-Team": 2 wds. |
| 48% | GETSSET | 7 | Prepares, like a runner on her mark: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WARMSUP | 7 | Gets ready, like a pitcher in the bullpen: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PAULHOLLYWOOD | 13 | Celebrity chef who has been a judge on "The Great British Bake Off" since 2010 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SALADFORK | 9 | Utensil on the far left in a standard place setting: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BSIDE | 5 | Tune on the back of a 45 single: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PRUELEITH | 9 | South African restaurateur who has been a judge on "The Great British Bake Off" since 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | PAULHOLLYWOOD | 13 | English celebrity chef who has been a judge on "The Great British Bake Off" since 2010 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Disney princess who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ADEAL | 5 | "I thought we had ___!" ("Why did you back out on me?"): 2 wds. |
| 45% | CALLEDON | 8 | "I ___ her on the way back from work." (paid a visit): 2 wds. |
| 45% | ODD | 3 | Like 47% of the numbers on a standard US roulette wheel |
| 45% | LITUP | 5 | Like the sky during a fireworks show: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ATLARGE | 7 | On the loose, as a convict: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EDHELMS | 7 | Actor who portrays Andy Bernard on the US television show "The Office": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNKRASINSKI | 13 | Actor who portrays Jim Halpert on the US television show "The Office": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ADDTO | 5 | "...and to ___ all our misery, we had a flat tire" (make worse): 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELLEFANNING | 11 | "Maleficent" actress whose first name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BLACKEYE | 8 | Dark swelling on the face after a fistfight: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LILYPAD | 7 | Plant floating on the surface of a pond: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ONEPIN | 6 | "Hitting ___ on the far right or left in bowling is called a meg.": 2 wds. |