| 100% | ALKALIS | 7 | Caustic compounds, found at the top of the pH scale |
| 56% | BYLINES | 7 | They’re often found at the tops of columns |
| 55% | PAIDAD | 6 | Something found at the top of many a Google search page |
| 53% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down |
| 51% | ACID | 4 | At the lower side of the pH scale |
| 50% | FIRST | 5 | At the top of the standings |
| 48% | BEST | 4 | At the top of the heap, quality-wise |
| 48% | UPON | 4 | At the top of |
| 48% | INGE | 4 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs playwright |
| 48% | PARTHENON | 9 | Temple at the top of the Acropolis |
| 48% | ABBESS | 6 | Person at the top of the order |
| 48% | HEADACHE | 8 | Pain at the top of the body |
| 48% | LOFT | 4 | Room at the top of the building |
| 48% | ABBESS | 6 | One at the top of the order |
| 48% | HIT | 3 | Song at the top of the charts |
| 47% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" playwright |
| 47% | INGE | 4 | "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" writer |
| 47% | GHOSTPEPPERS | 12 | Chiles near the top of the Scoville scale |
| 47% | WALTERMIGHTY | 12 | Cronkite when at the top of the ratings? |
| 47% | EXECS | 5 | Ones at the top of the corporate ladder |
| 47% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Notional point at the top of the globe |
| 47% | CEOS | 4 | Figs. at the top of the corporate ladder |
| 47% | APEXPREDATORS | 13 | Ones at the top of the food chain |
| 47% | ATTIC | 5 | Storage space at the top of the house |
| 47% | STARPUPIL | 9 | Student at the top of the honor roll |
| 47% | STAR | 4 | Shape at the top of the Starbucks logo |
| 47% | ALLOSAURUS | 10 | Reptile at the top of the Jurassic food chain |
| 47% | GIANT | 5 | Who Jack discovered at the top of the beanstalk |
| 47% | TIE | 3 | Any score, at the top of the 10th inning |
| 47% | APEX | 4 | ___ predator (animal at the top of the food chain) |