| 100% | WANT | 4 | “For ___ of a nail . . .” |
| 86% | SPAD | 4 | Kind of a nail |
| 78% | FOR | 3 | "___ want of a nail..." (old proverb) |
| 77% | CUTICLE | 7 | Skin at the base of a nail |
| 76% | METRO | 5 | Of a city, for short |
| 75% | CUTICLE | 7 | Dead skin at the base of a nail |
| 73% | PINKIE | 6 | Site of a small nail |
| 73% | SHOE | 4 | First thing lost in the "For Want of a Nail" proverb |
| 72% | PAW | 3 | Place for a nail |
| 72% | SEC | 3 | Fraction of a minute, for short |
| 72% | QUIN | 4 | One of a fivesome, for short |
| 72% | RBI | 3 | Result of a squeeze, for short |
| 72% | DEEPEND | 7 | Part of a pool for diving |
| 72% | TEHRANRAIN | 10 | Spoiler of a parade for Ahmadinejad? |
| 72% | NINE | 4 | Start of a call for help |
| 72% | TKO | 3 | End of a match, for short |
| 72% | SECS | 4 | Parts of a minute, for short |
| 72% | QUAD | 4 | Target of a squat, for short |
| 72% | CPU | 3 | Heart of a computer, for short |
| 72% | SECS | 4 | Sixtieths of a minute, for short |
| 72% | WDS | 3 | Constituents of a sentence, for short |
| 72% | TESTER | 6 | Sample of a product for customers |
| 72% | MGT | 3 | Leadership of a company, for short |
| 72% | SALE | 4 | Exchange of a commodity for money |
| 72% | OCD | 3 | Cause of a tic, for short |
| 72% | OBIT | 4 | Notice of a departure, for short |
| 72% | SCR | 3 | Part of a monitor, for short |
| 72% | MRI | 3 | Fear of a claustrophobe, for short |
| 72% | RES | 3 | Dimensions of a video, for short |
| 72% | TACH | 4 | Part of a dashboard, for short |