| 100% | SLID | 4 | Came home in a cloud of dust |
| 83% | SLID | 4 | Got home in a cloud of dust |
| 66% | TEAROUT | 7 | Depart in a cloud of dust, perhaps |
| 66% | SLID | 4 | Arrived in a cloud of dust, maybe |
| 66% | SLID | 4 | Reached base in a cloud of dust, say |
| 55% | SLIDIN | 6 | Crossed home plate amid a cloud of dust, maybe |
| 55% | SLID | 4 | Came home in a hurry? |
| 52% | PIGPEN | 6 | "Peanuts" character in a cloud of dirt |
| 52% | SLID | 4 | Came home, in a way |
| 51% | NEBULA | 6 | Cloud of dust and elements in space |
| 50% | SLIDINTO | 8 | Stirred up a cloud of dust at, as a base |
| 49% | HORSEHEAD | 9 | __ nebula, dark "equine" cloud of dust in Orion |
| 48% | NEBULAR | 7 | Relating to a cloud of space gas and dust |
| 48% | CRAWLIN | 7 | Come home after a night of heavy drinking, say |
| 47% | MOTE | 4 | Bit of dust in a sunbeam |
| 47% | GARLIC | 6 | Comes in a bulb of cloves |
| 46% | IGLOO | 5 | Home in the shape of a dome |
| 45% | NEBULA | 6 | An enormous cloud of gas and dust in space |
| 45% | ROOST | 5 | What chickens come home to do, in a saying |
| 45% | TAROTCARD | 9 | Comes in a pack of 78, used for fortune telling |
| 44% | LAWN | 4 | Grass in front of a home |
| 44% | ENDORSEDCHEX | 12 | Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product? |
| 44% | STRAY | 5 | Cat in need of a home, perhaps |
| 43% | HANDFUL | 7 | "I will show you fear in a __ of dust": T S Eliot |
| 43% | DERN | 4 | Bruce —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Coming Home |
| 43% | BRUCE | 5 | & 22D Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Coming Home |
| 43% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 43% | RBIS | 4 | A grand slam homer results in four of these: Abbr. |
| 43% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |