| 100% | BLACKMAGIC | 10 | Art that uses curse words? |
| 59% | SWEAR | 5 | Use curse words |
| 59% | SWORE | 5 | Used curse words |
| 54% | ALLEGORIC | 9 | Art that uses characters to represent an idea |
| 53% | BLACK | 5 | With 6-Across, practice using curse words? |
| 53% | KENDO | 5 | Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords |
| 49% | THE | 3 | Word that’s definitely used? |
| 48% | ASL | 3 | Communication that uses no words: Abbr. |
| 48% | EAST | 4 | Word that used to precede ''Germany'' |
| 48% | BODHI | 5 | Word Buddhists use that means enlightened |
| 48% | KEEP | 4 | "You ___ using that word . . ." |
| 47% | ITSAGIFT | 8 | Words that might precede ". . . and a curse" |
| 47% | REEL | 4 | Word that can be used after "blooper" |
| 47% | ALLAH | 5 | Word that Christian Malaysians don't use |
| 46% | ISTO | 4 | Words that might be used in an analogy |
| 45% | RHYME | 5 | Use words that sound alike, in a poem perhaps |
| 45% | EPIC | 4 | Word used for something that's larger than life |
| 45% | LUXURY | 6 | Word used to describe resorts that court the rich |
| 45% | THE | 3 | Word that many Angelenos use before a freeway number |
| 45% | ASS | 3 | Word that can be used as a postpositive intensifier |
| 45% | AND | 3 | The word that ampersands are used for |
| 44% | DAWG | 4 | Word like "dude" that Randy Jackson used on "American Idol" |
| 44% | ROGET | 5 | Word that is often used as a synonym for "thesaurus" |
| 44% | MERRY | 5 | Word meaning "happy" that's used a lot in December |
| 44% | MANTRA | 6 | Phrase or word that is used in meditation |
| 44% | ADD | 3 | "Combining" kitchen word that is used in cookbooks |
| 44% | NAY | 3 | Word that might be used to vote against a political proposal |
| 44% | NEE | 3 | Word followed by a last name that’s no longer used |
| 43% | RAVE | 4 | Review that might use words like "marvelous" and "stupendous" |
| 43% | NERD | 4 | Word for an introverted intellectual that was first used by Dr. Seuss |