| 100% | RAPS | 4 | 2006's "Ms. New Booty" and others |
| 48% | BARRIOS | 7 | New York's Spanish Harlem and others |
| 44% | CHANGINGDIAPERS | 15 | New father's task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? |
| 44% | PROKOPCUKA | 10 | Jelena —, 2005 and 2006 winner of the New York City marathon women's race |
| 42% | TOMJONES | 8 | He beat out Sonny & Cher and Herman's Hermits, among others, for the Best New Artist Grammy |
| 41% | ERICS | 5 | New York City mayor Adams and others |
| 41% | PHASES | 6 | New moon, full moon and others |
| 40% | NEEDS | 5 | Sleep and a stiff drink, among others, for new parents |
| 40% | OAKS | 4 | State trees of New Jersey, Iowa, and four other states |
| 40% | PARCS | 5 | Paris's Bois de Boulogne and others |
| 40% | ELMS | 4 | Boston's famed Liberty Tree and others |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | County of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, but no other states |
| 39% | NUDES | 5 | Michelangelo's 'David,' and others |
| 39% | GYMS | 4 | Gold's and others |
| 39% | DEGREES | 7 | Master's and others |
| 39% | ELIOTS | 6 | T.S. and others |
| 38% | ACROSTICS | 9 | NEWS for the four directions, and others |
| 38% | SIMILES | 7 | "She's Like the Wind" and others |
| 38% | ESTELLES | 8 | George's mother on "Seinfeld" and others |
| 38% | BIOPICS | 7 | 2005's "Walk the Line" and others |
| 38% | MOTETS | 6 | Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" and others |
| 38% | RETORTS | 7 | "So's your old man!" and others |
| 38% | SERIALS | 7 | Radio's "The Lone Ranger" and others |
| 38% | AVAS | 4 | Clark's "Mogambo" co-star and others |
| 38% | TRUISMS | 7 | "What's right is right" and others |
| 38% | OILS | 4 | Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy" and others |
| 38% | IDAS | 4 | G. & S. princess and others |
| 38% | BUBBASPARXXX | 12 | Hip-hop artist with the 2006 hit "Ms. New Booty" |
| 38% | ETALIA | 6 | And others |
| 38% | ETALII | 6 | And others |