| 100% | SCHMEAR | 7 | Bagel spread that can be spelled with the letters in cream cheese |
| 56% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 50% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 45% | AXE | 3 | Weapon that can be spelled with two or three letters |
| 43% | SATES | 5 | Satisfies, spelled with letters that can be found in order in satisfies |
| 43% | EWOK | 4 | Sci-fi creature whose name can be spelled with letters in Wookiee |
| 42% | SCHMEAR | 7 | It can aptly be spelled with letters from "cream cheese" |
| 42% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 40% | VEE | 3 | Letter that can be "spelled" with two fingers |
| 40% | BOLOGNA | 7 | Type of deli meat that can be made into a layered cake with cream cheese |
| 38% | NINETEEN | 8 | Number that can be spelled with only one-point Scrabble tiles |
| 38% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 37% | CLAY | 4 | Material that can be sculpted with the hands |
| 37% | GIFT | 4 | Traditional 61-Across surprise, aptly boxed, and spelled with the only four letters of the alphabet that don't appear elsewhere in this grid |
| 36% | EMOTIONS | 8 | Things that might be raised in court … with or without the shaded letter |
| 36% | CABRIOLET | 9 | Car that can be driven with the roof down |
| 36% | FIREFLY | 7 | *Insect that can be seen in the dark |
| 35% | ALIAS | 5 | Name that might be introduced with the letters "AKA" |
| 35% | ALGA | 4 | Weed that could be found floating in the sea |
| 35% | BIRDS | 5 | Animals that can be paired with the words early, lady and whirly |
| 35% | PHYSICS | 7 | Science that deals with the phenomenon spelled out by 10 missing letters in this puzzle |
| 35% | YEN | 3 | Asian money that can be found backwards in the word "money" |
| 35% | STATEDEBT | 9 | Something that can be collected from anywhere in the U.S.? |
| 35% | GUAVA | 5 | Tropical fruit that can be used in the drink agua fresca |
| 34% | REI | 3 | Outdoor-gear retailer whose name can be spelled from letters in retailer |
| 34% | MRED | 4 | His given name was spelled with horseshoes in the show's intro |
| 34% | BUN | 3 | Burger ___, bread item that can be seen in the Burger King logo |
| 34% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Country spelled with the only nine letters used in this puzzle's answers |
| 34% | AIRBAG | 6 | Car safety feature that can be unsafe for kids in the front seat |
| 34% | COLOGNE | 7 | Product that can be sampled with a spray on the wrist |