| 100% | EVIL | 4 | According to Kafka, "___ is whatever distracts" |
| 64% | EVIL | 4 | "___ is whatever distracts": Kafka |
| 45% | NOMAN | 5 | According to John Donne, __ is an island |
| 45% | SOTO | 4 | According to Jenkins Reid, which Carrie is back? |
| 44% | LOUISIANA | 9 | According to the song, Johnny B. Goode is from __ |
| 44% | CRUELLEST | 9 | According to T. S. Eliot, April is the __ month |
| 44% | SALAD | 5 | According to some food theorists, chicken soup is one |
| 44% | CHOOSERS | 8 | According to the saying, what beggars can't be |
| 43% | IRE | 3 | According to Chaucer the root of this sin is pride |
| 42% | EATEN | 5 | According to Thomas Fuller, this type of bread is soon forgotten |
| 42% | ABC | 3 | According to The Jackson 5, this is as easy as 123 |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | Unnecessary commotion (which according to a saying is about nothing) |
| 41% | TAVERN | 6 | Inn, according to song there is one "in the town" |
| 41% | ADEN | 4 | City where, according to legend, Cain and Abel are buried |
| 40% | ERR | 3 | Be human, according to a saying |
| 40% | GEHENNA | 7 | Place near Jerusalem where, according to the Hebrew Bible, children were sacrificed |
| 39% | DEP | 3 | According to their website this is "developed for active lifestyles" and will deliver "effortless control" |
| 39% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 39% | NOOL | 4 | According to the Sour Kangaroo, Horton was "the biggest blame fool in the jungle of ___" |
| 39% | NED | 3 | Groundhog Day character who, according to a fan theory, is actually the devil |
| 38% | DRPEPPER | 8 | Soda that, according to the Food and Drug Administration, is not technically a cola |
| 38% | NOFUN | 5 | ___ League (what NFL stands for, according to people who think its rules are joyless) |
| 38% | ATHENA | 6 | Goddess who, according to some accounts, was born fully formed from Zeus's head |
| 37% | SURFERGIRL | 10 | 1963 Beach Boys hit that, according to Brian Wilson, was his first composition: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GILLIGANSISLE | 13 | According to the 1960s sitcom's theme song, "It's primitive as can be ... here on ___": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 37% | ESKIMO | 6 | Quinn was one according to Manfred Mann |
| 36% | GETAHEAD | 8 | "He will do whatever it takes to ___!" (Gain an advantage): 2 wds. |
| 36% | ENEMY | 5 | What death is, according to Beric Dondarrion |
| 36% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | What you are, according to James Blunt |