| 100% | DACTYL | 6 | A poetic unit of one long and two short syllables |
| 49% | SPONDEE | 7 | A poetic foot of two long or stressed syllables |
| 48% | IAMB | 4 | Poetic foot with a short and long syllable |
| 47% | IAMB | 4 | Poetic foot with a short and a long syllable |
| 40% | SLASH | 5 | One of two on a short date? |
| 39% | POTATO | 6 | Follower of one, two and three in a children's rhyme |
| 39% | TENTACLE | 8 | One of two long limbs found on a squid |
| 39% | TEE | 3 | A standard one is two and one-eighth inches long |
| 39% | SPONDEE | 7 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables |
| 39% | ABE | 3 | One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew |
| 39% | ERE | 3 | Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one |
| 38% | EDGARALLAN | 10 | First two of a short-story writer and poet |
| 38% | IAMBUS | 6 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable |
| 36% | TORR | 4 | Pressure unit defined as one seven hundred and sixtieth of a standard atmosphere |
| 36% | DACTYL | 6 | Long syllable followed by two short ones in poetry |
| 36% | MICCHECKS | 9 | Utterances of "One, two, one, two," and a phonetic clue to four features of this puzzle |
| 36% | GREETINGS | 9 | Part two of a way to wish loved ones during Christmas and New Years |
| 36% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| 36% | EPOCH | 5 | Subdivision of the geologic time scale longer than an age and shorter than a period |
| 35% | ALAN | 4 | One of TV's "Two and a Half Men" |
| 35% | GIST | 4 | Long and short of it |
| 35% | TEN | 3 | Two short of a dozen |
| 35% | ALAN | 4 | One of the "Two and a Half Men" |
| 35% | SEC | 3 | Unit of a minute, for short |
| 34% | EPODE | 5 | Type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one |
| 34% | STEM | 4 | Long and standing part of a plant |
| 34% | REACH | 5 | Appropriately named Boxer Julius Long, who stands 7 ft 1 in and has a 90 in one of these |
| 34% | INCH | 4 | Unit of length, one twelfth of a foot |
| 34% | INCH | 4 | Unit of measurement; one twelfth of a foot |
| 33% | ALAN | 4 | One of the men on "Two and a Half Men" |