| 100% | EMU | 3 | Bird that's a primate minus its first and last letters |
| 59% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 45% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters |
| 43% | OWE | 3 | Word that's a homophone of its first letter |
| 43% | MOOSE | 5 | Mammal that becomes a bird if you change its first letter |
| 40% | KATIE | 5 | Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters |
| 38% | ETHANE | 6 | Compound that becomes a man's name when its last letter is removed |
| 38% | LARK | 4 | Bird that's a symbol of joy and hope |
| 38% | INITIALS | 8 | First letters of a first and last name |
| 37% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 37% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 36% | LAO | 3 | Language that's the name of an Asian country minus its last letter |
| 36% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone that shares a first letter with its month |
| 36% | PENGUIN | 7 | Bird that looks like it's wearing a tuxedo |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | Lake with the same first and last letter |
| 35% | SAYONARA | 8 | Song played in the first and last episodes of "M*A*S*H" that's also called the "Japanese 32-Across Song" |
| 35% | SVEN | 4 | Name that's a number minus a letter |
| 35% | CUBA | 4 | Country that becomes a baby animal when its last letter is removed |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 35% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 34% | LASS | 4 | Scottish word for "girl" that's 9-Across minus its last letter |
| 34% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | First and last digit in a Manhattan area code |
| 34% | ASHARP | 6 | First and last black key on a standard piano |
| 34% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 34% | EMU | 3 | Flightless bird that's a native of Australia and is the second-largest living bird |
| 34% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 34% | STEVE | 5 | First name that becomes a last name if you insert it into E-Z |
| 34% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 34% | ELLY | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively |