| 100% | ADORKABLE | 9 | Charming by virtue of being awkward |
| 46% | GAUCHENESS | 10 | Quality of being awkward |
| 45% | PLUTOCRAT | 9 | Ruler by virtue of wealth |
| 45% | ONMERIT | 7 | By virtue of one's abilities (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CHARISMA | 8 | Quality of being magnetically charming |
| 42% | ADORE | 5 | Be charmed by |
| 41% | CHARISMA | 8 | Apt anagram of IS A CHARM |
| 41% | PRUDENCE | 8 | Heavenly virtue of self-discipline by reason |
| 41% | RENEWABLE | 9 | Capable of being replaced by new growth |
| 41% | TANGIBLE | 8 | Capable of being perceived, especially by touch |
| 40% | INHERIT | 7 | Get by force of will? |
| 40% | INHERIT | 7 | Obtain by force of will? |
| 39% | SHOW | 4 | "___ Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," song by Backstreet Boys |
| 39% | PERKS | 5 | "The ___ of Being A Wallflower," '90s book by Stephen Chbosky |
| 38% | BEARUP | 6 | Laugh in the face of being strangled by a gorilla, maybe |
| 38% | WALLFLOWER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a ___," 1999 epistolary novel by Stephen Chbosky |
| 38% | CANTUNSEE | 9 | Is shocked or horrified by the image of, jocularly |
| 37% | WISDOM | 6 | Owls are a symbol of this virtue |
| 37% | NECESSITY | 9 | At times virtues are made of this |
| 37% | NOTHINGISOFTENA | 15 | Start of a quote by Will Durant |
| 37% | SANDS | 5 | Passage of time is illustrated by this |
| 37% | SICILY | 6 | Island being "kicked" by the "boot" of Italy |
| 37% | ITS | 3 | "___ been" (opening words of "One Week," by Barenaked Ladies) |
| 37% | HEARTS | 6 | Cold __ are owned by people devoid of sympathy |
| 37% | TYBALT | 6 | Cousin of Juliet who is slain by Romeo |
| 37% | PHRASING | 8 | That of this clue is awkward |
| 36% | HARLOT | 6 | Woman of easy virtue as drawn by William Hogarth |
| 36% | PATIENCE | 8 | "Have the __ of a saint" or "__ is a virtue" |
| 36% | STICKYNOTES | 11 | The suite's awkward first movement was full of... |
| 36% | BLUSH | 5 | Flush of embarrassment that is portrayed by this emoticon (*^_^*) |