| 100% | LOCO | 4 | Card shy of a full deck, so to speak |
| 50% | AKIN | 4 | Of a feather, so to speak |
| 47% | MADEHAY | 7 | Took advantage of a situation, so to speak |
| 45% | TAROT | 5 | A deck of cards used to tell the future |
| 45% | DEAL | 4 | Order to someone holding a deck of cards |
| 45% | ASEASYASABC | 11 | A piece of cake, so to speak |
| 44% | DEAL | 4 | Command to a person holding a deck of cards |
| 44% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 44% | POKERPREFACE | 12 | "I happen to have a deck of cards right here"? |
| 43% | HIGHCOST | 8 | Doing a lot of damage, so to speak |
| 43% | FIFTYTWO | 8 | Number of playing cards in a full deck |
| 41% | LURED | 5 | Dangled a carrot in front of, so to speak |
| 41% | OPENEYES | 8 | Full awareness, so to speak |
| 41% | THREE | 5 | A crowd, so to speak |
| 41% | DONEANDDUSTED | 13 | A wrap, so to speak |
| 40% | ARISE | 5 | Hit the deck, so to speak |
| 39% | DENT | 4 | A little progress, so to speak |
| 39% | FIVE | 4 | A short rest, so to speak |
| 39% | ACES | 4 | Four of a deck's cards |
| 38% | STAGFRIGHT | 10 | Cause of a groom not being able to speak? |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Value of a deuce, to card players |
| 38% | SMEE | 4 | "Man who stabbed, so to speak, without offence," in a 1911 novel |
| 38% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 38% | OWES | 4 | Is shy, so to speak |
| 38% | EATCROW | 7 | Admit a mistake, so to speak |
| 38% | URGE | 4 | Give a nudge, so to speak |
| 38% | PHONED | 6 | Dropped a dime, so to speak |
| 38% | DIRTCHEAP | 9 | For a song, so to speak |
| 38% | ERUPT | 5 | Blow a fuse, so to speak |
| 38% | PHONE | 5 | Drop a dime, so to speak |