| 100% | POTENTIAL | 9 | Before energy is kinetic, it's this |
| 50% | LEAP | 4 | It is advised to look before you do this |
| 50% | HITLIST | 7 | It's dangerous to be on this |
| 48% | RERUN | 5 | It's been shown before |
| 48% | REPEAT | 6 | It's been seen before |
| 48% | ECHO | 4 | It's been said before |
| 47% | SLIPPERYSLOPE | 13 | If you criticize this puzzle, where will it end? Before long, you'll be criticizing your mother's cooking! |
| 47% | RERUN | 5 | It's been put on before |
| 46% | EARNEST | 7 | It's Wilde-ly important to be this |
| 45% | BIDE | 4 | It may be before one's time |
| 44% | HORSEMEN | 8 | It's said four of these will bring the apocalypse |
| 44% | IGGLYBUFF | 9 | Before Jigglypuff evolves, it's this Pokemon |
| 44% | BATTER | 6 | It's tempting to eat this cake mix before it bakes |
| 43% | STET | 4 | Editor's "Leave this as it is" |
| 43% | ORE | 3 | Metal before it's been processed |
| 43% | PLUM | 4 | Prune, before it's been dried |
| 43% | POLARBEAR | 9 | This animal's skin is black under its white fur |
| 43% | MUSHROOM | 8 | Its shape is depicted by this puzzle's white squares |
| 42% | DDT | 3 | WHO guidelines suggest that absence of mosquito resistance to this chemical must be confirmed before its use |
| 42% | ARGON | 5 | Its atomic number is this clue's number divided by three |
| 42% | ERR | 3 | To do this is human, it's said |
| 41% | RENAME | 6 | It's said to be bad luck if you do this to a boat |
| 41% | PUZLE | 5 | This is it |
| 41% | ONEARTH | 7 | Lord's Prayer phrase before "as it is in heaven" |
| 41% | STET | 4 | Editor's "Leave this as it is" (anagram of "tets") |
| 41% | SIC | 3 | (It's supposed to be like this) |
| 40% | MYSPACE | 7 | This was Facebook before Facebook |
| 40% | FRATERNITYHOUSE | 15 | This is its brothers' keeper |
| 40% | IVE | 3 | "___ been through this before" |
| 40% | ACOLD | 5 | "It'll be ___ day in hell before I make this deal...": 2 wds. |