| 100% | BLOOM | 5 | A flower is pretty when it's in this |
| 47% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 46% | WET | 3 | It might be hard to get this in a desert |
| 46% | BABYTEETH | 9 | Infants cry a lot when these are growing in |
| 45% | REDFLAG | 7 | This is flown on a beach when it's unsafe to swim |
| 45% | YOURCOURT | 9 | When it's your decision, the ball is in here |
| 45% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 44% | ONEPM | 5 | When it's midnight in Chicago, what time is it in Shanghai? |
| 44% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 44% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 44% | BATTERINGRAMEAU | 15 | What a hailstorm is doing when composer Jean-Philippe is caught in it? |
| 43% | MRI | 3 | You'll be in a strong field when you take this test (abbr.) |
| 43% | DOGHOUSE | 8 | Even a person is in this when they're in trouble! |
| 43% | HYMNAL | 6 | It's bound to be used in a service |
| 43% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 43% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 43% | SERIES | 6 | When two or more games are played between the same teams in baseball it is called a ____ |
| 43% | FIBER | 5 | A rabbit’s diet is high in it |
| 42% | TENAM | 5 | When it's midnight in Sydney, Australia, what time is it in New York City? |
| 42% | THUD | 4 | Sound when a tree falls in a forest and someone is around to hear it |
| 42% | AVAILABLE | 9 | When something can be bought now, it's this |
| 42% | ACTONE | 6 | When a play's plot is set in motion |
| 42% | HAY | 3 | It may be stored in a barn's loft |
| 42% | MENU | 4 | It might be posted in a restaurant's window |
| 42% | CIGAR | 5 | It may be in a poker player's hand |
| 42% | BROOM | 5 | It may be "parked" in a witch's garage |
| 42% | MOP | 3 | It might be kept in a janitor's closet |
| 42% | NUT | 3 | Reggie Jackson was one of these in 1966 when he played Class A ball with Modesto |
| 42% | PEN | 3 | It's said to be mightier than a sword, in a proverb |
| 42% | XXXXXXXXXXXX | 12 | It's estimated to be a foot in the next 25 years |