| 100% | CLOY | 4 | Being too sweet in terms of affection towards a person |
| 45% | BABE | 4 | Term of affection in a relationship |
| 44% | DEAR | 4 | Term of affection used in a relationship |
| 42% | COMA | 4 | A person in it is out of it |
| 39% | SUGARMAPLE | 10 | In a ___, there's plenty of sweet ___ to be harvested |
| 38% | AGE | 3 | A person's lifetime, in terms of years |
| 38% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 37% | CAPACITY | 8 | Number of people who will fit in a stadium, e.g. |
| 37% | BONO | 4 | Irishman who was a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2005 |
| 36% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Philanthropist who was a Time Person of the Year co-honoree in 2005 |
| 36% | BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE | 21 | Mystery Person once wrote a waltz in which the choice of measures played was determined ... |
| 35% | FIT | 3 | Be neither too baggy nor too tight, in terms of clothes |
| 35% | FIT | 3 | Be neither too loose nor too tight, in terms of clothes |
| 35% | LAMER | 5 | Less amusing, in terms of a joke |
| 35% | AMEAN | 5 | "She doesn't have ___ bone in her body." ("She is a very sweet person."): 2 wds. |
| 35% | TWOPEASINAPOD | 13 | Similar people ... who are getting a little too close in six squares of this puzzle? |
| 35% | KINGPAIR | 8 | Cricketing term for an instance of a batsman being out first ball for zero in both innings |
| 35% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Cortes in the 16th century |
| 35% | DOM | 3 | Term of address in a monastery |
| 35% | FRA | 3 | Term of address in a monastery |
| 35% | BRO | 3 | Term of endearment in a fraternity |
| 34% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Hernan Cortes in the 16th-century |
| 34% | AZTEC | 5 | Member of a Mexican Indian people whose great empire was overthrown by Hernan Cortes in the 16th century |
| 34% | ATHLETE | 7 | A person who is proficient in sports |
| 34% | EDITOR | 6 | Person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text |
| 34% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Person appointed to carry out the terms of a will |
| 34% | TARED | 5 | Taken into account in terms of a container's weight |
| 34% | KIN | 3 | Next of ___ (person who often receives money in a will) |
| 34% | MERCHANT | 8 | A person involved in the trading of goods |
| 33% | SALTY | 5 | Making a comeback is this "sodium-rich" slangy term for an annoyed person that originated in the late 1930's |