| 100% | PISTON | 6 | Any of the "Bad Boys" in the 1980s-'90s N.B.A. |
| 53% | UTENSIL | 7 | Any of the implements used in a kitchen |
| 52% | RALPH | 5 | Sampson of the 1980s-'90s N.B.A. |
| 51% | SLOOP | 5 | Sailing vessel (like the "John B" in a Beach Boys song) [anagram of LOOPS] |
| 51% | NELSON | 6 | Judd who was a bad boy in The Breakfast Club |
| 51% | ROMEO | 5 | Boy in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 51% | FOWL | 4 | Any of the meats in a turducken, e.g. |
| 50% | STOOGE | 6 | Any of a classic, pie in the face, slapstick trio |
| 50% | WAVEFRONT | 9 | Any one of the concentric circles in a ripple, in physics |
| 49% | PIT | 3 | Have a bad feeling in the ___ of your stomach |
| 49% | AGO | 3 | "Long ___, in the land of warriors lived a boy" |
| 49% | ROMEO | 5 | Teenage boy in the title of a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 49% | WOODENLY | 8 | In the manner of a bad actor |
| 49% | LOBE | 4 | Any of a trio in the cerebellum |
| 49% | PIT | 3 | "I have a bad feeling in the ___ of my stomach" |
| 48% | ASSN | 4 | One of the A's in N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. |
| 48% | OILER | 5 | Member of a four-time Stanley Cup-winning team in the 1980s |
| 48% | RAPTOR | 6 | Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team |
| 48% | TUT | 3 | Boy with a tomb in the Valley of the Kings |
| 47% | THEGOLDBERGS | 12 | ABC sitcom about a geeky boy growing up in the 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ORPHAN | 6 | Any of the Baudelaire children in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
| 47% | STUMP | 5 | Any of the three upright wooden sticks used in cricket to form part of a wicket |
| 47% | AMAHL | 5 | Boy in a Menotti opera inspired by The Adoration of the Magi |
| 46% | BOVINE | 6 | The B in BSE, a disease of cattle |
| 46% | MARTINA | 7 | First name of two Wimbledon winners in the 1980s and '90s |
| 46% | PREMOLAR | 8 | Any one of the eight teeth in a human adult situated between the first molars and the canines |
| 46% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 45% | JEM | 3 | "Truly outrageous" lead singer of the Holograms in a 1980s animated series |
| 45% | CRUCIFER | 8 | Any of various plants of the cabbage family with four petals arranged in a cross |
| 45% | JJWATT | 6 | N.F.L. star who was a Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2017 |