| 100% | SAAB | 4 | “The well-built Swede,” in an old slogan |
| 72% | SAAB | 4 | "The Well-Built Swede," in old ads |
| 60% | CRISCO | 6 | "Cooks who know trust" this, in an old slogan |
| 59% | DRYROT | 6 | Problem in an old wooden building |
| 56% | UPGRADING | 9 | Trading in an old phone for a newer, better one |
| 55% | IRENE | 5 | In an old song, the "I'll see you in my dreams" girl |
| 55% | SHE | 3 | Word after "does" and "doesn't" in an old ad slogan |
| 54% | EXTRA | 5 | Newsboy's shout in an old movie (or the actor who shouts it) |
| 53% | SECRETPANEL | 11 | The library in an old mansion may have one |
| 52% | DEFORESTS | 9 | Builds an apartment complex in the Amazon, perhaps |
| 52% | SNAIL | 5 | Creature in an annual race with the slogan “Ready, Steady, Slow!” |
| 52% | MUDDLED | 7 | Like the orange in an old fashioned |
| 51% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of cards in an Old Maid deck |
| 51% | ARK | 3 | Vessel built by Noah in the Old Testament |
| 51% | BINNENHOF | 9 | World's oldest parliamentary building in The Hague |
| 51% | ALLHERE | 7 | Like the gang, in an old song |
| 51% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Father" star who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2021, becoming the oldest person to win an acting Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LANDOFOZ | 8 | Dorothy Gale had an adventure in the Merry Old __ |
| 49% | ASS | 3 | Jawbone of an ___ (Samson's weapon, in the Old Testament) |
| 49% | ROSIE | 5 | ___ the Riveter (woman in an old wartime poster) |
| 48% | MOESHA | 6 | One of the Mitchells in an old UPN sitcom |
| 48% | TODAY | 5 | Name of the catcher in an old comedy routine |
| 48% | ORU | 3 | ISS component that can easily be swapped out in an EVA when the old unit fails |
| 47% | PEPSI | 5 | "It" in the old slogan "Gotta have it" |
| 47% | NETSCAPENAVEGATOR | 17 | Potential mascot for an old web browser: a Florida reptile crawling in the middle of a church? (Lincoln) |
| 46% | TARS | 4 | Punishes in an old way |
| 46% | THELISTS | 8 | Competition, in an old phrase |
| 46% | AUNT | 4 | Rhody, in an old song |
| 46% | JOVE | 4 | Name in an old oath |
| 46% | INCA | 4 | One in an old empire |