| 100% | CONNECT | 7 | __ Four, drop red/yellow tokens for four in a row |
| 42% | HRS | 3 | Twenty four in a day, for short |
| 42% | QTR | 3 | There are four in a year, for short |
| 42% | XXXX | 4 | Yellow food in a red coat |
| 41% | CONNECT | 7 | __ 4, aim to get four discs in a row |
| 41% | SERENA | 6 | ___ Slam (winning four Grand Slam events in a row) |
| 41% | RECESSION | 9 | Negative economic growth for two quarters in a row |
| 41% | CHER | 4 | Singer with Top Ten hits four decades in a row |
| 41% | WESTWING | 8 | Emmy-winning drama four years in a row, with "The" |
| 41% | CHEESE | 6 | With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? |
| 40% | SAYHI | 5 | Drop in for a sec |
| 39% | PIE | 3 | Place for four-and-twenty blackbirds, in a rhyme |
| 39% | STOPBY | 6 | Drop in for a visit (2 wds.) |
| 39% | STOPSBY | 7 | Drops in for a visit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RARE | 4 | Red in the middle, for a steak |
| 38% | TEENIE | 6 | Adjective for a yellow bikini in a '60s kitsch classic |
| 38% | SUM | 3 | 45, for each row and column in a sudoku grid |
| 38% | UMP | 3 | One of four officials in a baseball game, for short |
| 38% | BET | 3 | Put money on red in a roulette game, for example |
| 38% | WEST | 4 | "The ___ Wing" (show that won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy four years in a row) |
| 38% | BIDEN | 5 | The third president in a row with a five-letter surname (convenient for Mini crosswords!) |
| 38% | JKROWLING | 9 | First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row |
| 37% | CSI | 3 | CBS forensic drama that won People's Choice Awards four years in a row (2003-2006) |
| 37% | ERNIE | 5 | Character almost always seen in a yellow-, red-, and blue-striped sweater |
| 37% | EMI | 3 | Label dissed in a 1977 Sex Pistols song for dropping the band |
| 37% | JIMMYKIMMEL | 11 | Talk show host who recently hosted the Oscars for the second year in a row: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SPADER | 6 | James who won an Emmy two years in a row for the same role on different shows |
| 37% | SUM | 3 | 34, for each row, column and main diagonal in a 4x4 magic square |
| 37% | DESIARNAZ | 9 | Co-star of a #1 TV show for four seasons in the 1950s |
| 36% | CAUTION | 7 | Another word for a yellow card in rugby union |