| 100% | PLUMS | 5 | “I have eaten / the ___ / that were in / the icebox . . .”: William Carlos Williams |
| 79% | ICEBOX | 6 | "I have eaten the plums that were in the ___" (start of a William Carlos Williams poem) |
| 52% | FREEDOM | 7 | A hit song by Pharrell Williams that was used in the film "Despicable Me 3" |
| 51% | HEAT | 4 | "___ Waves," 2020 song by Glass Animals that was featured in the TV series "Never Have I Ever" |
| 51% | HAPPY | 5 | 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of "Despicable Me 2" and was Billboard's number-one single in 2014 |
| 48% | JUDAS | 5 | "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood" speaker |
| 47% | BELL | 4 | "The ___ doesn't dismiss you, I do!" phrase to keep students in class until the lesson is over that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 46% | TAN | 3 | Color of skin that has been in the sun for a long time |
| 46% | LEAD | 4 | Metal that has been banned from paint in the US |
| 46% | DUOLINGO | 8 | App that might teach you how to say “I am eating bread and crying on the floor” in Norwegian |
| 45% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 45% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 45% | PLUM | 4 | Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say" |
| 45% | SKILLETS | 8 | Things in the kitchen that might be seasoned but aren’t eaten |
| 45% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 45% | PLYMOUTH | 8 | Town in Massachusetts that is known to have celebrated the "First Thanksgiving" |
| 44% | WEREDONE | 8 | “Those are all the questions I have” |
| 44% | BEACH | 5 | The ___ Boys, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Kokomo" |
| 44% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 44% | MUCKRAKING | 10 | Investigative journalism ("What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things") |
| 44% | COPYEDITOR | 10 | Professional proofreader ("Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!") |
| 44% | CRICKET | 7 | I have thin wings and long legs. I chirp only in the night. Who am I? |
| 44% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel that was chronicled in the book "Those Guys Have All the Fun" |
| 44% | ELSIETHECOW | 11 | Company mascot introduced in the 1930s that has never been put out to pasture |
| 44% | PARK | 4 | Linkin ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Numb" |
| 44% | ASOR | 4 | Ten-stringed instrument mentioned in the Bible that has not been traced anywhere else |
| 43% | PROOF | 5 | The ___ of the pudding is in the eating. |
| 43% | RUMBA | 5 | Ballroom dance that has Afro-Cuban origins and was featured in the 2011 documentary "Ballroom Dancer" |
| 42% | AJA | 3 | Album that begins "In the corner of my eye / I saw you in Rudy's / You were very high" |
| 42% | LET | 3 | "___ Me," a song by Elvis Presley that was featured in the film he acted in, "Love Me Tender" |