| 100% | GADSBY | 6 | Book by Ernest Vincent Wright that does not include any words that contain the letter "E" |
| 31% | RAW | 3 | Minimally-processed chocolate variety that does not contain any additives |
| 29% | ISOGRAMS | 8 | Words that don't contain any repeated letters |
| 29% | LIBRARIES | 9 | Places that do things by the book? |
| 29% | FEEDBACK | 8 | English word that contains each of the letters ABCDEF at least once |
| 29% | UTOPIA | 6 | “A map of the world that does not include ___ is not worth even glancing at”: Oscar Wilde |
| 28% | BAA | 3 | First word of the nursery rhyme that contains the line "Have you any wool?" |
| 27% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 27% | HOME | 4 | "She's Leaving ___," song by Lennon-McCartney in which the band members did not play any instruments |
| 27% | NOTRE | 5 | French word that becomes its own opposite by changing the first letter to V |
| 26% | STARTREK | 8 | "___: The Original Series," acclaimed sci-fi TV series that was nominated for 11 Emmys but did not win any: 2 wds. |
| 26% | DETOURS | 7 | Routes that contain the letters in "routes" |
| 26% | JANE | 4 | With 2-Down, book that includes the line "Conventionality is not morality" |
| 26% | KILO | 4 | Word that represents the letter K in the radio alphabet |
| 26% | FLIPFLOPPING | 12 | Switching positions, and a phrase spelled by the first letters of 12 words that have switched positions |
| 26% | ALOHA | 5 | Word that contains the Spanish word for "hi" in reverse, aptly |
| 26% | TANGO | 5 | Word that represents the letter T in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 26% | INALIENABLE | 11 | Word that, though not found in the Declaration of Independence, does appear in the excerpt inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial |
| 25% | BLACKOUT | 8 | Curtain lining that does not let any light in |
| 25% | ONE | 3 | Number of US states that contain the letter Z |
| 25% | LINGER | 6 | "Dare Not ___: The Presidential Years," book by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa that was posthumously published in 2017 |
| 25% | FIRE | 4 | Did you know that the book "___ from Heaven" by Mary Renault is about 44a's childhood? |
| 25% | FORGERY | 7 | Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle's seven works |
| 25% | GREY | 4 | "Fifty Shades of ___," book by E. L. James that holds the world record for fastest adult paperback to sell a million copies |
| 25% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 25% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 24% | ECHO | 4 | Word representing the letter E in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 24% | PLACE | 5 | "The Good ___," acclaimed sitcom starring Kristen Bell that was nominated for 14 Emmys but did not win any |
| 24% | URL | 3 | Address that may contain the letters "www": Abbr. |
| 24% | SRY | 3 | Text abbr. that can be achieved by taking every other letter from the five-letter unabbreviated word |