| 100% | RIA | 3 | A narrow inlet for a river (anagram of "air") |
| 97% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet for a river (anagram of "air") |
| 73% | RIA | 3 | A narrow inlet for a river |
| 70% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet for a river |
| 68% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet for a river (word hidden in "arias") |
| 67% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet of a river |
| 61% | RIA | 3 | Narrow river inlet (anagram of "air") |
| 54% | RIA | 3 | Narrow river inlet (anagram of "Ari") |
| 53% | FJORD | 5 | Narrow inlet of a sea |
| 51% | FJORD | 5 | Long, narrow inlet of a sea |
| 50% | LUNG | 4 | Place for a breath of fresh air? |
| 50% | NILE | 4 | Shade of green named for a river |
| 50% | RIA | 3 | Narrow inlet (anagram of "air") |
| 50% | RIA | 3 | River inlet (anagram of "air") |
| 50% | RIA | 3 | Narrow coastal inlet (anagram of "air") |
| 49% | LANE | 4 | A narrow portion of road for bikes |
| 48% | CHEATER | 7 | Anagram of teacher, a rare word for a fraudster |
| 48% | OPT | 3 | Anagram of "top" for a word that means "decide" |
| 46% | STYX | 4 | Moon of 6-Down named for a mythological river |
| 46% | HENRI | 5 | French name that is an anagram of a German river |
| 46% | CLOWDER | 7 | Term for a group of cats; anagram of old crew |
| 46% | OTT | 3 | Anagram for "tot" (last name of a famous baseball player) |
| 45% | TORERO | 6 | Spanish name for a bullfighter (anagram of "rooter") |
| 45% | OED | 3 | Reference for a wordsmith (anagram of "doe): Abbr. |
| 45% | HENRI | 5 | French name that's an anagram of a mostly German river |
| 45% | REDHOTCOALS | 11 | Challenge for a fire-walker … and an anagram of 25-Down |
| 44% | ACT | 3 | Anagram of the animal in 23a which is what Ryan Reynolds does for a living |
| 44% | CADRE | 5 | Word for a small military group that's also an anagram of raced |
| 43% | RIBBON | 6 | Long narrow strip of fabric for wrapping a present |
| 43% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |