| 100% | UGO | 3 | ___ Girl (Republic headed by Oprah in an "Onion" article) |
| 43% | TESS | 4 | Head angel in "Touched by an Angel" |
| 37% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 43-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Islamic Republic headed by a Supreme Leader |
| 35% | EDIT | 4 | Fix mistakes in an article |
| 35% | FWD | 3 | Abbr. in an email header |
| 34% | PULLQUOTE | 9 | Attention-grabbing excerpt in an article |
| 34% | MAURICESTOKES | 13 | 1950s NBA player for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals whose career was ended by an in-game head injury: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CIA | 3 | Org. headed by George Bush in 1976 |
| 34% | CITE | 4 | Quote, as a source in an article |
| 33% | TETE | 4 | Head, in an école |
| 33% | NEA | 3 | Org. headed by Jane Alexander in the 1990s |
| 33% | FLEA | 4 | Bloodsucker in an erotic poem by John Donne |
| 33% | LAS | 3 | Article in an 8 Down magazine |
| 33% | AIRLIFTED | 9 | Transported by plane in an emergency |
| 33% | SUBJ | 4 | Header in an email, for short |
| 33% | SLIDE | 5 | Hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls from their album "Dizzy Up the Girl" that won an ASCAP Pop Award in 2000 |
| 32% | WAAC | 4 | Mil. unit headed by Oveta Culp Hobby in 1942 |
| 32% | BELOVED | 7 | "Journey to ___," novel by Oprah Winfrey published in 1998 |
| 32% | SAMUELADAMSESSAY | 16 | Article written by an early American patriot? |
| 32% | MUDPIE | 6 | Baked by children in an outdoor kitchen |
| 32% | ONCE | 4 | "____ in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads |
| 32% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 32% | HEALTH | 6 | "Food, ___, and Happiness," book by Oprah Winfrey published in 2017 |
| 32% | ALL | 3 | "___ In: An Autobiography" (2021 book by Billie Jean King) |
| 32% | REWRITTEN | 9 | Not in its original form, as an article |
| 32% | WEREWOLF | 8 | An American __ in London, movie by John Landis |
| 32% | SATIRE | 6 | Article in The Onion, for example |