| 100% | BETE | 4 | __ ''à laine'' (French sheep) |
| 52% | AVEC | 4 | ___ amour (sign-off in a French love letter) |
| 51% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (musical based on a French novel) |
| 50% | DIEN | 4 | ___ Bien Phu (site of a decisive Vietminh victory over French forces) |
| 50% | WOLF | 4 | ___ in sheep's clothing (disguised predator) |
| 48% | WETS | 4 | ___ one's whistle (has a drink) |
| 47% | BEAU | 4 | A boyfriend or male admirer (from French) |
| 47% | LEDE | 4 | Bury the ___ (omit a story's key part) |
| 47% | ETAT | 4 | ___ second (French term for a trance) |
| 46% | HOMME | 5 | L'___ C'est Elle (French translation of a 2006 Amanda Bynes classic) |
| 46% | STUBBORN | 8 | ___ as a mule (set in one's ways) |
| 46% | TOE | 3 | Big ___ (foot's counterpart to a thumb) |
| 46% | ARC | 3 | Story ___ (path of a character's narrative) |
| 46% | POSE | 4 | "Strike a ___" (photographer's ask) |
| 46% | DONOR | 5 | Organ ___ (designation on a driver's license) |
| 46% | PAD | 3 | Launch ___ (site for a rocket's takeoff) |
| 46% | DI{DOT} | 7 | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| 45% | SIC | 3 | "___ 'em boy!" (command to a police dog) |
| 45% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___: A Puppeteer's Journey" (2011 documentary) |
| 45% | ILL | 3 | "___ be a monkey's uncle!" (surprised exclamation) |
| 45% | DONOT | 5 | ''__ DISTURB'' (sign on a hotel room door) |
| 45% | STOOP | 5 | ___ to someone's level (behave in a dishonorable way) |
| 45% | STICKER | 7 | ___ shock (car shopper's surprise at a high price) |
| 45% | SCISSOR | 7 | ___ Sisters ("Let's Have a Kiki" band) |
| 45% | TOT | 3 | ___ lot (rhyming term for a preschoolers' playground) |
| 45% | TOE | 3 | ___ beans (pads on a cat's foot) |
| 45% | MUM | 3 | Keep ___ (don't say a word) |
| 45% | EDGE | 4 | On a razor's ___ (precarious situation) |
| 44% | ROSE | 4 | "Lo, How a ___ E'er Blooming" (Christmas carol) |
| 44% | THEY | 4 | "The Times ___ Are a-Changin'" (Bob Dylan song) |