| 100% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "Well, looky who just came in!" |
| 49% | BOGEYED | 7 | Came in just over par |
| 49% | APATCHYAPACHE | 13 | Geronimo, when his beard was just coming in? |
| 48% | SOURCES | 7 | "According to ___, news is just coming in..." (information providers) |
| 48% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" singer who won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1985: 2 wds. |
| 47% | HALTWHOGOESTHERE | 16 | Surprise surprise! Whom should walk in? Just my best friend ever! |
| 46% | SAM | 3 | Missouri defensive end Michael who just came out of the closet |
| 46% | THEBRITISH | 10 | Who "are coming," in a historical declaration |
| 46% | AGAIN | 5 | Excited demand from a toddler who just came down the slide, maybe |
| 45% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 42% | NAS | 3 | Lil ___ X (rapper who came out in June) |
| 41% | POET | 4 | One who's well-versed in the arts? |
| 41% | LOSER | 5 | One who comes off worse in a contest |
| 41% | NIGHTOWL | 8 | Someone who functions better later in the day |
| 41% | KITCHEN | 7 | Room in house where best smells come from |
| 41% | LOSER | 5 | Person who comes in last place |
| 41% | RUNNERUP | 8 | Person who comes in second: Hyph. |
| 41% | STOWE | 5 | Best-selling author who was a neighbor of Twain in Hartford |
| 41% | AKIHITO | 7 | Emperor of Japan who came to power in 1989 |
| 41% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Pop singer who came out as nonbinary in 2019 |
| 41% | TABHUNTER | 9 | 1950s heartthrob who came out as gay in 2005 |
| 41% | SOFIA | 5 | Coppola who won Best Director at Cannes in 2017 |
| 41% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1958 |
| 40% | WHERETO | 7 | Question to one who just got in |
| 40% | SOCIALBUTTERFLY | 15 | One who "flits" in well with everyone |
| 40% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 40% | AFAR | 4 | ''I came from __ just to say 'Bonsoir!''': Lafayette in ''Hamilton'' |
| 40% | BASQUIAT | 8 | New York artist who died in 1988 aged just 27 |
| 40% | BREL | 4 | Jacques who was "alive and well and living in Paris" |