| 100% | TELEGRAPH | 9 | An old method of sending messages, where a full stop was simply spelled as "Stop" |
| 32% | SWAPOUT | 7 | Exchange, as an old piece of equipment for a new one |
| 31% | CANAAN | 6 | Where Caleb was sent as a spy |
| 30% | FOREHEAD | 8 | Where you remove fictional sweat from, as an expression of being glad |
| 30% | RAG | 3 | A piece of old clothing may be repurposed as this |
| 30% | LAIR | 4 | Secret place where a criminal hides which is also an anagram of "Rail" |
| 29% | SEMAPHORE | 9 | System where flags are used to send a message |
| 29% | GENOA | 5 | City where Marco Polo was held as a prisoner of war |
| 29% | TELEGRAPH | 9 | System of sending messages along a wire |
| 28% | MIGRATORY | 9 | *37a was a type of ___ (nomadic) bird that traveled long distances and was used to send messages. |
| 28% | IDIOT | 5 | "It is a tale told by an ___, full of sound and fury": Shak. |
| 28% | TELEGRAM | 8 | An obsolete medium of sending short messages |
| 28% | INASHOE | 7 | Where an old woman of rhyme lived |
| 28% | INASHOE | 7 | Where an old woman of rhyme resided |
| 28% | TEXTED | 6 | Sent messages, of a sort |
| 28% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 28% | INASHOE | 7 | Where an old woman of nursery rhyme lived |
| 28% | FLINTLOCK | 9 | Old firearm where a gunpowder charge is ignited |
| 27% | GOCOLD | 6 | Stop being followable, as a trail |
| 27% | IDIOT | 5 | “It is a tale / Told by an ___, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing”: “Macbeth” |
| 27% | BROWN | 5 | Color of Shrek's eyes that is a feature of his anatomy as an ogre |
| 27% | ETHER | 5 | A compound that was once used as an anesthetic |
| 27% | SPEW | 4 | Give off a large quantity (of), as smoke from an old car |
| 27% | SEA | 3 | "The ___ was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli" ("Seinfeld" line) |
| 27% | DEADCALM | 8 | Cause of a full stop for sailing ships |
| 27% | ROT | 3 | Go bad, as an old piece of fruit |
| 27% | FADE | 4 | Lose color, as an old pair of jeans |
| 27% | ESP | 3 | Letters are an old form of corr___ondence |
| 27% | BISTORT | 7 | Plant with a spike of small pink flowers whose root is used in medicine as an astringent |