| 100% | COGITO | 6 | Beginning that leads to a sum? |
| 62% | DUEL | 4 | Contest that leads to a draw |
| 62% | BRIGHTIDEA | 10 | Notion that leads to a solution |
| 62% | SPEAK | 5 | Command that leads to a bark |
| 62% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score |
| 62% | GOFISH | 6 | Line that leads to a drawing? |
| 61% | RAMP | 4 | Access road that leads to a highway |
| 61% | HYPERLINK | 9 | Clickable text that leads to a website |
| 61% | IRE | 3 | Feeling that leads to a hulk-out |
| 61% | LINK | 4 | Clickable URL that leads to a website |
| 61% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a successful basket |
| 61% | TEATAX | 6 | Levy that led to a 1773 "party" |
| 61% | THETEAACT | 9 | Law that led to a 1773 revolt |
| 60% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score, in basketball |
| 60% | FATALFLAW | 9 | Weakness that leads to a person's downfall |
| 60% | ASSIST | 6 | Hockey pass that leads to a successful goal |
| 60% | TEA | 3 | Tax that led to a party in Boston |
| 60% | TEAACT | 6 | Parliamentary law that led to a Boston "party" |
| 60% | HERRING | 7 | Red __, fishy detail that leads to a dead end |
| 60% | SMALLTHUMBNAIL | 14 | Clickable icon that leads to a full-size image |
| 59% | BPLUS | 5 | Grade that leads to a 3.3 G.P.A. |
| 59% | DEC | 3 | Month that leads to a brand new year, for short |
| 59% | SEVENYEARITCH | 13 | *Urge that leads to a wandering eye, it's said |
| 57% | CITY | 4 | "Sex and the ___" (Candace Bushnell book that led to a hit HBO series) |
| 55% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 53% | VIADUCT | 7 | Word that led to the "Why a duck?" routine by the Marx brothers |
| 51% | TIE | 3 | Like a score that leads to overtime |
| 51% | FORMALTALKS | 11 | Discussions that might lead to a treaty |
| 51% | DATE | 4 | Meetup that might lead to a sleepover |
| 51% | INS | 3 | Connections that might lead to a job |