| 100% | CAUSE | 5 | A __ will always have an effect |
| 51% | LILY | 4 | "To gild a ___," idiom that means an unnecessary adornment has been added to something already beautiful |
| 49% | UNCLEAN | 7 | A demon is an __ spirit |
| 49% | BEER | 4 | “You can’t be a real country unless you have a ___ and an airline”: Frank Zappa |
| 48% | CANDLE | 6 | An advent __ is burned as a countdown to Christmas |
| 47% | HADST | 5 | Thou __ been better have been born a dog, Othello |
| 46% | SETTER | 6 | An Irish __ is a dog breed with a dark red coat |
| 46% | TAKE | 4 | "Don't have to always be right, let me ___ some of the punches" (lyric from a 2005 song) |
| 45% | ANIMAL | 6 | Venom is a poison from an __, like a snake |
| 45% | NEMO | 4 | A tiny clownfish who had to be found, Finding __ |
| 45% | SPIRIT | 6 | A fiend is an evil __, demon, or spook |
| 45% | GRATE | 5 | Have an unpleasant effect |
| 45% | KART | 4 | An open-wheel vehicle for racing is a go-__ |
| 44% | TESTATE | 7 | Having a will |
| 43% | IMPACTFUL | 9 | Having a significant effect |
| 42% | MOVETHENEEDLE | 13 | Have an impact that can be gauged |
| 42% | WROTETHEBOOK | 12 | Has an encyclopedic grasp of a subject |
| 42% | DAMAGE | 6 | Have a negative effect on |
| 42% | EERIE | 5 | Having a chilling effect? |
| 42% | SHOE | 4 | "There was an old woman who lived in a ___ ..." |
| 41% | TAKINGITSTOLLON | 15 | Having a noticeably adverse effect toward |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | An ace has a low one |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | Having been around for a long time |
| 41% | DEB | 3 | Girl who may be having a ball |
| 41% | SEED | 4 | An avocado pit is a big one |
| 41% | BODE | 4 | Be an omen of a particular outcome |
| 41% | SOUL | 4 | "To have another language is to possess a second ___": Charlemagne |
| 41% | PURPLE | 6 | Color that is a blend of blue and red, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "curple" |
| 40% | FEET | 4 | Have two left ___ (be an awkward dancer) |
| 40% | MAP | 3 | A pirate's might have an "X" on it |