| 100% | MOP | 3 | ___ the floor with (handily defeat) |
| 79% | MOP | 3 | ___ the floor with (completely defeat in a competition) |
| 76% | MOPS | 4 | ___ the floor with (defeats decisively) |
| 73% | MOP | 3 | ___ the floor with (defeat in a big way) |
| 67% | ROUT | 4 | Mop the floor with |
| 67% | TROUNCED | 8 | Mopped the floor with |
| 67% | CREAMS | 6 | Wipes the floor with |
| 67% | ROUT | 4 | Wipe the floor with |
| 67% | MADEMINCEMEATOF | 15 | Wiped the floor with |
| 67% | ROUTS | 5 | Wipes the floor with |
| 65% | MOP | 3 | ___ the floor with (crush in a competition) |
| 65% | SWEPT | 5 | Cleaned the floor with a broom |
| 65% | SWEEP | 5 | Clean the floor with a broom |
| 64% | DRUB | 4 | Wipe the floor with, so to speak |
| 64% | SWEEP | 5 | Clean the floor with a broom, say |
| 63% | SWEEPING | 8 | Collecting dirt on the floor with a broom |
| 63% | SWEEPSUP | 8 | Cleans the floor with a broom: 2 wds. |
| 60% | MOP | 3 | You should be able to wipe the floor with this |
| 58% | RECARPET | 8 | Cover the floor again with a cloth layer |
| 53% | CLAES | 5 | ___ Oldenburg, pop artist with the sculpture Floor Burger |
| 51% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on the ocean floor, rhymes with "dunk" |
| 51% | CARPET | 6 | Python species with the same name as a floor cover |
| 51% | STAIR | 5 | Prefix with "way" to mean the path to another floor |
| 51% | DOWNCAST | 8 | With eyes looking towards the floor |
| 51% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer with a fashion and bedding line at Kohl's: 2 wds. |
| 50% | STAIR | 5 | Prefix with "way" to mean the path to the first floor |
| 50% | ELEVATORPITCH | 13 | Chat with an investor who gets in on the ground floor? |
| 48% | MARIN | 5 | With 30-Across, Croatian tennis player whom 14-Across defeated in the 2017 Wimbledon finals |
| 48% | ANGELIQUE | 9 | With 20-Across, German tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 Wimbledon final |
| 48% | NAOMI | 5 | With 42-Across, Japanese tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open |