| 100% | FIFTY | 5 | 3^2 + 4^2 + 5^2 |
| 98% | MEAN | 4 | 3, for the set [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| 94% | NOS | 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr. |
| 93% | HURRICANE | 9 | Severe storm with categories 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
| 91% | TOPROW | 6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., on a standard keyboard |
| 90% | GEAR | 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in a car, shifted by a stick |
| 89% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | Going backward in numbers, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| 88% | SUBW8RAIN | 9 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, in New York City |
| 88% | EVENS | 5 | 2, 4, 6 and 8, but not 1, 3, 5 and 7 |
| 86% | EVEN | 4 | Like 2 and 4, but not 3 and 5 |
| 83% | MEAN | 4 | 2.5, for the set {1, 2, 3, 4} |
| 82% | PASSWORD | 8 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 is a really bad one, apparently |
| 81% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 80% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5, usually |
| 79% | DVORAK | 6 | QWERTY keyboard alternative where the numeric keys are ordered 7 5 3 1 9 0 2 4 6 8 |
| 78% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 77% | PARS | 4 | 3, 4 and 5, but rarely 6 |
| 77% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5, but rarely 6 |
| 77% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5, typically, in golf |
| 77% | PARS | 4 | 3, 4 and 5, on golf courses |
| 77% | PARS | 4 | 3, 4, and 5, commonly |
| 77% | ODDS | 4 | 3 : 1, 5 : 2, etc. |
| 77% | NINE | 4 | 2 and 3 and 4 |
| 76% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5 on a golf course |
| 76% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5, for a golf hole |
| 76% | PARS | 4 | Most are 3, 4 or 5 |
| 76% | PARS | 4 | 3, 4, 5 and occasionally more |
| 75% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5 on a golf hole, typically |
| 75% | PAR | 3 | 3, 4 or 5, usually, for a golf hole |
| 74% | PAR | 3 | It's usually 3, 4 or 5 |