| 100% | FLIPFLOPSIDES | 13 | Backs of 45's having a sudden change in direction? |
| 43% | VEER | 4 | Sudden change in direction |
| 42% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 41% | VEER | 4 | Change direction all of a sudden |
| 38% | REPENT | 6 | Have a change of heart |
| 38% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 record |
| 37% | PANT | 4 | Have a series of sudden inspirations? |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a hit 45 record |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 record: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a hit 45 record (Hyph.) |
| 36% | IFI | 3 | "___ Only Had a Brain" (the Scarecrow's song in "The Wizard of Oz"): 2 wds. |
| 36% | WINDSHEAR | 9 | Changes in the speed and direction of the breeze |
| 36% | KINDER | 6 | It usually has a garten in back |
| 36% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in one of Aesop's fables |
| 35% | WOKE | 4 | Having a true understanding of current affairs, in modern slang |
| 35% | WET | 3 | In need of a change, perhaps |
| 35% | OBOE | 4 | It has a brief solo in the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth |
| 35% | PIT | 3 | Have a bad feeling in the ___ of your stomach |
| 35% | DYE | 3 | Change the color of, in a way |
| 35% | REDYE | 5 | Change the color of, in a way |
| 35% | TENSE | 5 | In need of a back rub, say |
| 35% | DIALECT | 7 | Citadel changed, in a manner of speaking |
| 34% | CURRENT | 7 | A flow of water in a particular direction |
| 34% | RESEEDS | 7 | Changes the placement of in a tournament bracket |
| 34% | AIRPOCKET | 9 | Cause of a sudden drop in altitude |
| 34% | LANE | 4 | Left a couple of directions in track |
| 33% | PACTEN | 6 | Conference name changed in 2011 when a pair of schools were added |
| 33% | TUBA | 4 | It has a solo near the end of "An American in Paris" |
| 33% | RHAMES | 6 | Ving who had a cameo in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" |
| 33% | CURRENTS | 8 | Flow of water moving in a particular direction |