| 100% | FATALERROR | 10 | Cause of a program's crash: 2 wds. |
| 55% | RATEHIKE | 8 | Cause of a higher electric bill (2 wds.) |
| 54% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OILLEAK | 7 | Cause of a slick mess on a garage floor (2 wds.) |
| 53% | FATALERROR | 10 | Cause of a crash |
| 51% | AWAG | 4 | Single swing of a dog's tail?: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GOBAG | 5 | Portable holder of a survivalist's supplies: 2 wds. |
| 50% | NAPTIME | 7 | Part of a tot's daily schedule: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANO | 3 | "It's ___-brainer of a decision!": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ESCAPEPOD | 9 | Spacecraft's equivalent of a lifeboat: 2 wds. |
| 50% | WEAKLINK | 8 | Part of a chain that's likeliest to break: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DNATEST | 7 | Analysis of a person's genetic makeup: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 49% | PINETREE | 8 | Shape of a car's green air freshener, often: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ONETHIRD | 8 | Each member of a trio's equal share: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MANCAVE | 7 | Guy's equivalent of a she-shed: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PLOTHOLE | 8 | Part of a movie's story that doesn't make sense: 2 wds. |
| 47% | HOPON | 5 | The first "HO" of a tourist's HOHO bus: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EGGTIMER | 8 | Breakfast chef's equivalent of a stopwatch: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ASON | 4 | "I'll be ___ of a gun!": 2 wds. |
| 47% | BIGFAN | 6 | Ardent follower of a celebrity, say: 2 wds. |
| 47% | STARIN | 6 | Head the cast of a film: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BASSLINE | 8 | Low instrumental part of a song: 2 wds. |
| 47% | QUEENBEE | 8 | Very important member of a hive: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MAMABEAR | 8 | Middle member of a "Goldilocks" trio: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BSIDE | 5 | Lesser-known half of a record: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ORELSE | 6 | End of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ISAID | 5 | Start of a reiteration: 2 wds. |
| 47% | AGAL | 4 | Counterpart of a guy: 2 wds. |
| 47% | OLORD | 5 | Beginning of a prayer: 2 wds. |