| 100% | SILVER | 6 | *Idiom with the color changed! ___ opportunity, when something coming your way isn't the best but it's not nothing |
| 39% | GRAY | 4 | *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |
| 35% | WHITE | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! ___ sheep, when you're a part of the herd and not standing out |
| 31% | BLUE | 4 | *Idiom with the color changed! Seeing ___, when you're extremely sad rather than angry |
| 31% | RED | 3 | *Idiom with the color changed! Feeling ___, when you're feeling angry instead of sad |
| 28% | GREEN | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! Caught ___-handed, when you're caught in an eco-friendly act rather than a suspicious one |
| 28% | SEX | 3 | “Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman |
| 27% | IREALLYLIKEYOU | 14 | 2015 hit song by 49-Across with the lyrics "But how'd we get in this position? / It's way too soon, I know this isn't love" (4 wds.) |
| 27% | MEN | 3 | "The Hollow ___," poem by T.S. Eliot which has the famous lines "...This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper" |
| 27% | NEVER | 5 | When it's a good idea to argue with strangers on the internet |
| 27% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 27% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 27% | DYE | 3 | It can change the color of your hair |
| 26% | EDSEL | 5 | Product advertised with the slogan "It acts the way it looks, but it doesn't cost that much" |
| 25% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | COUCH | 5 | Something to rest on when you're discussing your delusions with the doc |
| 25% | DEBT | 4 | It's not good when it's outstanding |
| 25% | SODA | 4 | It's not good when it's flat |
| 25% | POT | 3 | Something it's not good to go to |
| 25% | DEVO | 4 | Band with the lyrics "When something's going wrong, you must whip it" |
| 25% | OLDS | 4 | Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informally |
| 24% | GETHERE | 7 | Oleta Adams hit with the lyrics “You can make it in a big balloon / But you better make it soon” |
| 24% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 24% | PAD | 3 | Something you won't need around your knee when you do your 720 flip with a 180-degree backside rotation if you're really good |
| 24% | STARE | 5 | It's not good to do this at the sun |
| 24% | BOMB | 4 | When something is this good, it's explosive |
| 24% | HITCH | 5 | It's good when something goes off without one |
| 24% | THEWIRE | 7 | Critically acclaimed TV show with the line "You come at the king, you best not miss" |
| 24% | WILDESTDREAMS | 13 | Taylor Swift power ballad with the lyrics “He’s so tall and handsome as hell / He’s so bad, but he does it so well” |
| 24% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |