| 100% | CID | 3 | A___ is a corrosive substance that will burn anything it touches |
| 53% | ACID | 4 | Corrosive liquid that is a low pH substance |
| 48% | DEADSEA | 7 | George Burns quipped that when he was a boy, it was only sick |
| 47% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 44% | VEST | 4 | Subject of a Mitch Hedberg joke that ends, "If I had no arms, it would be a jacket." |
| 43% | GRAPHITE | 8 | A shiny black substance that is used in pencils |
| 42% | HEIRS | 5 | Those listed in a will |
| 42% | TAIL | 4 | Hindmost part of a T-Rex that is part of its anatomy |
| 42% | HYENA | 5 | A dog-like carnivore that is known for its laugh |
| 42% | CYTOTOXIN | 9 | Any substance that is poisonous to a cell |
| 41% | CYTOTOXIC | 9 | Related to a substance that is poisonous to cells |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | The mythological Jinshin-Uwo is a giant one that carries Japan on its back |
| 41% | SOFA | 4 | A living room would be incomplete without it |
| 41% | CODICIL | 7 | Additional clause that modifies a will |
| 41% | SEEM | 4 | "It would ___ that Matthew is not really capable of doing anything properly!" |
| 40% | PRESENT | 7 | "Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __" |
| 40% | CAREERLOW | 9 | It would be a good score for a golfer |
| 40% | HYPOCRISY | 9 | It is a homage that vice pays to virtue |
| 40% | EXECUTRIX | 9 | Female that carries out terms of a will |
| 40% | HAS | 3 | "Rumor ___ it that he is a wanted felon..." |
| 40% | DRNO | 4 | Villain who says "That's a Dom Perignon '55. It would be a pity to break it" |
| 39% | ACID | 4 | I'm a corrosive liquid that turns litmus paper red. Who am I? |
| 39% | TODAY | 5 | "___ is a gift, that's why it is called the present" (saying) |
| 39% | PRESENT | 7 | “Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the ___” |
| 39% | VIETNAMMEMORIAL | 15 | The Wall That Heals is a replica of it |
| 39% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | Country standard that begins "Love is a burning thing" |
| 39% | SAGE | 4 | Herb that may be burned to "cleanse" a space |
| 39% | BOO | 3 | What it would be a mistake to write twice? |
| 39% | CLOSEONE | 8 | "Whew, that was a ___!" ("Just made it!"): 2 wds. |
| 39% | MONISM | 6 | Belief that all things are made of a single substance |