| 100% | LONGSHOT | 8 | A venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards (2 words) |
| 33% | CROSTIC | 7 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 33% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 33% | ABA | 3 | Org. with a national event that has the benefit of involving no trump but where you risk of getting slammed for attending |
| 32% | HORSE | 5 | Casual hoops game that involves spelling a word |
| 31% | EYETEST | 7 | Exam that involves reading from a distance: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ORELSE | 6 | Words that end a threat: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THEWORLDIS | 10 | With 26-Down, words to a young person showing great promise |
| 30% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that sounds like a word meaning "spooky" |
| 30% | IDO | 3 | Words that are sealed with a kiss: 2 wds. |
| 30% | YESLETS | 7 | "I agree! That sounds like a great idea!": 2 wds. |
| 30% | WHATIF | 6 | Words that may start describing a hypothetical situation: 2 wds. |
| 29% | COINTOSS | 8 | Way to start a game that might involve flipping a quarter: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EATME | 5 | Words on a Wonderland cake that made Alice grow: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEBEHAVIOROF | 13 | Start of a definition of "elbonics" (a word that doesn't exist but should) |
| 29% | HAZARDOUS | 9 | Involving great risk |
| 29% | IDO | 3 | Words that a bride and groom say to each other: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DRINKME | 7 | Words on a bottle that Alice finds in 17a which causes her to shrink in size: 2 wds. |
| 28% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 28% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 28% | BUNGEEJUMPING | 13 | Adventure sport that involves jumping from a high platform, while connected to an elastic cable: 2 wds. |
| 28% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 27% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary but should be |
| 27% | SNIGLET | 7 | Term for a word that isn't in the dictionary, but maybe should be |
| 27% | ERIECANAL | 9 | Waterway that connects a Great Lake to New York's Hudson River: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GRANDPRIX | 9 | International auto race with a name that means "great prize" in French: 2 wds. |
| 27% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo (2 wds.) |
| 26% | INRE | 4 | Words that may start a memo heading (2 wds.) |
| 26% | FORE | 4 | "Hey, sorry that I'm not a great golfer, but watch out for that ball I just hit!" |
| 26% | CATANDMOUSE | 11 | *Like a game that involves evasive subterfuge |