| 100% | SLAV | 4 | A Bosnian or Serb, for example |
| 65% | SLAV | 4 | Bosnian or Serb, for short |
| 63% | SLAV | 4 | Czech or Serb, for example |
| 60% | UNIT | 4 | A kilo or gallon, for example |
| 57% | NOISE | 5 | For example, a car horn or a dog barking |
| 56% | SLAV | 4 | Serb or pole, for example |
| 55% | POEM | 4 | A sonnet or a haiku, for example |
| 54% | TOXICASSET | 10 | Subprime mortgage, for example, or a reason for changing hands? |
| 54% | ASSET | 5 | A house or a car, for example, financially |
| 54% | BAKES | 5 | Makes a cake or pie, for example |
| 53% | SPILLAGE | 8 | A discharge or leak, onto a floor, for example |
| 53% | LOOPHOLE | 8 | A gap or ambiguity in the law, for example |
| 52% | METALBAND | 9 | Wedding ring, for example ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| 51% | CORRIDOR | 8 | Passageway in a school or hospital, for example |
| 51% | SCORE | 5 | Make a goal or a basket, for example |
| 51% | PADDLING | 8 | Making a canoe or kayak move, for example |
| 51% | EDIT | 4 | Reword a sentence or fix punctuation, for example |
| 50% | SEW | 3 | Attach a patch or replace a button, for example |
| 50% | SEW | 3 | Darn a sock or reattach a button, for example |
| 49% | HATSTAND | 8 | Post for hanging up a trilby or fedora for example |
| 49% | RIDDEN | 6 | Taken a bus or traveled on a horse, for example |
| 49% | REPTILE | 7 | A lizard, snake, crocodile or tortoise for example |
| 48% | SPOT | 4 | Marking on a dalmatian or a leopard, for example |
| 48% | CALL | 4 | "Safe" or "out," for example, during a softball game |
| 47% | RATE | 4 | Give a G or a PG to, for example |
| 47% | EAT | 3 | Have a BLT or a PB&J, for example |
| 47% | RATE | 4 | Give a G or a PG-13 to, for example |
| 46% | SLAV | 4 | Bosnian or Serbian, for short |
| 46% | SLAV | 4 | Czech or Serb, for short |
| 46% | SLAV | 4 | Croat or Serb, for short |