| 100% | WHATHO | 6 | Bertie Wooster expression thought to be derived in part from Beowulf’s “hwæt” |
| 29% | SARDINES | 8 | Fish thought to be named after a region in Italy |
| 28% | ROLES | 5 | Parts to be played in movies, say |
| 28% | YREKA | 5 | California town wrongly thought to be named from a backwards "bakery" sign |
| 28% | ISOLATION | 9 | To be separated from everyone else is to be in __ |
| 27% | ABSIT | 5 | Formal permission to be away from school, in Britain |
| 27% | ABSIT | 5 | Formal permission to be away from university, in Britain |
| 27% | ELAL | 4 | Company whose name is derived from a passage in Hosea |
| 26% | CITRATE | 7 | Salt that can be derived from the acid in lemons and limes |
| 26% | LEDGE | 5 | S___hammers were used to hammer in spikes for railroads |
| 26% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 26% | PALOS | 5 | Spain's ___ de la Frontera, from where Columbus sailed in 1492 for unknown parts to the west |
| 26% | FURY | 4 | Word meaning "extreme rage" that is derived from the Erinyes in Greek mythology |
| 26% | ANACONDA | 8 | Green snake species, thought to be world's biggest |
| 26% | ALLERGY | 7 | Sneezing in the spring is from an __ to pollen |
| 26% | ALLEYOOP | 8 | Sports term thought to derive from a phrase cried by French acrobats before leaping |
| 26% | THEDJOKER | 9 | Nickname for a Serbian tennis star, thought to derive from his penchant for impersonations |
| 26% | ATLAS | 5 | Word meaning "book of maps" that is derived from a Titan in Greek mythology |
| 26% | DEEMED | 6 | Thought to be |
| 26% | DEEM | 4 | Think to be |
| 25% | MINARET | 7 | Part of a mosque from which the call to prayer is made |
| 25% | ELANA | 5 | ___ Meyers, who in 2015 was part of the first world champion team from the US in women's bobsled |
| 25% | ECHO | 4 | Word meaning "rebound of sound" that is derived from a mountain nymph in Greek mythology |
| 25% | OLYMPUS | 7 | Mountain in Greece, thought to be home of the gods |
| 25% | WORKLOAD | 8 | How busy you are in your job from day to day |
| 25% | ELAL | 4 | Its inaugural flight, in 1948, was from Geneva to Tel Aviv |
| 25% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 25% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's thought to be wise |
| 25% | JEEP | 4 | Vehicle whose name may or may not be derived from the phrase "just enough essential parts" |
| 25% | WISH | 4 | Want to be in kiwi’s home |