| 100% | IMAGINARY | 9 | A thing or person that only exists in one's mind |
| 46% | DARLING | 7 | *A person that's very much adored, in media parlance ... or a term of endearment for one's partner |
| 45% | IMAGINARY | 9 | Existing only in one's mind |
| 45% | EMBRACE | 7 | Hold a person or thing closely in one's arms |
| 42% | SOLIPSISM | 9 | Philosophical idea that only one's mind exists |
| 41% | SOLIPSISM | 9 | The philosophical idea that only one's mind exists |
| 41% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech that's a person, place, or thing |
| 39% | DEVELOPER | 9 | A person or thing that innovates |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | Person, place, or thing in a sentence |
| 39% | PLACE | 5 | Noun that's not a person, thing, or idea |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | A word that identifies person, place or thing |
| 38% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 37% | IMAGINE | 7 | To see or create something in a person's mind |
| 35% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 35% | KAHUNA | 6 | An important person, a big ___ (word that means wise man or shaman in Hawaii) |
| 35% | GATE | 4 | Opening in a wall or fence that allows people to pass through |
| 34% | ABSTRACT | 8 | Existing in the mind only |
| 34% | VIRTUAL | 7 | Existing in the mind only |
| 34% | COKED | 5 | Out of one's mind, in a way, with "up" |
| 34% | ODE | 3 | Poet's tribute to a person or thing |
| 34% | XTILE | 5 | There's only one in a Scrabble set |
| 34% | CANYOUBELIEVEIT | 15 | "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 33% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 33% | INHERIT | 7 | Receive money or property in a person’s will |
| 33% | WEASEL | 6 | One that goes "pop" in a children's song |
| 33% | WALLAH | 6 | Hindustani suffix meaning a person involved in an activity and that can follow punka, dabba, ricksha or chai |
| 33% | WINKAT | 6 | Reassure that one's joking, in a way |
| 32% | SEED | 4 | Small thing that's planted in a garden |
| 32% | IMAGINARY | 9 | Existing only in the mind |
| 32% | ITEM | 4 | One thing, or two people |