| 100% | BLACKTIE | 8 | Approach that some are well suited for? |
| 45% | UFO | 3 | Craft that some believe is responsible for a crop circle: Abbr. |
| 44% | UFO | 3 | Vehicle that some people believe could be responsible for crop circles: Abbr. |
| 43% | APTER | 5 | Better suited for |
| 42% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner for 2012 that was based on a CIA operation |
| 42% | LAMPS | 5 | Items that can be rubbed for some magic |
| 42% | GECKO | 5 | Lizard that could be a pet for some |
| 42% | TALLER | 6 | Better suited for basketball |
| 42% | SATIN | 5 | Material that is used for some ballerina footwear and boxer shorts |
| 42% | HAIM | 4 | Band that was nominated for the 2015 Best New Artist Grammy |
| 42% | GAMEGENIE | 9 | Device that was "magical" for some Nintendo players |
| 41% | SHORT | 5 | "The Big ___" (2015 film that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar) |
| 41% | VIVID | 5 | Adjective for some "colorful" dreams that is an antonym and alliteration for "vague" |
| 40% | TAN | 3 | Color of a suit that was a pseudo-scandal for Obama in 2014 |
| 40% | ELEPHANTMAN | 11 | 1980 black-and-white film that was nominated for Best Picture, with "The" |
| 40% | PASTLIVES | 9 | Celine Song film that was nominated for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars |
| 40% | FINAL | 5 | Type of approach that pilots had better be really good at |
| 40% | SIXPACK | 7 | Slang for abs that are well defined |
| 40% | SIERRA | 6 | Well known club that photographer Ansel Adams was a director of for 37 years (1934-71) |
| 40% | OCCAM | 5 | Logician who hypothesized that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best |
| 39% | HAIM | 4 | "Days Are Gone" band that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 39% | NIGHTFALL | 9 | 2020 album by 33-Across that was nominated for a Best Country Album Grammy Award |
| 39% | GYPSY | 5 | Broadway production starring Ethel Merman that was a 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical nominee |
| 39% | ROMA | 4 | Alfonso Cuarón film that was the first Netflix production nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 39% | HERO | 4 | 2016 album by 44-Across that was nominated for a Best Country Album Grammy Award |
| 39% | RICE | 4 | ___ paddy fields, flooded farmlands that look natural but were designed by humans for better yields |
| 39% | LANES | 5 | Some are for passing |
| 39% | HOWFARILLGO | 11 | "Moana" song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2016: 4 wds. |
| 39% | THEBIGSHORT | 11 | 2015 financial dramedy starring 20-Across that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (3 wds.) |
| 39% | RAPGOD | 6 | 37-Across song that was nominated for the 2015 Best Rap Performance Grammy Award (2 wds.) |