| 100% | LINEDANCE | 9 | Choreographed moves in a country and western club: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ATWAR | 5 | Not in a state of peace, like countries: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIMEWEDGE | 9 | Squeezable green garnish in a gin and tonic: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KINGKONG | 8 | Giant gorilla featured in a 1933 film and a 2005 remake: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATPEACE | 7 | In a calm and tranquil state (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SAMURAIJACK | 11 | Sword-wielding title character in a 2001-2004 and 2017 Cartoon Network series: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PATTILUPONE | 11 | She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical, for "Evita" and "Gypsy": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARGARETKEANE | 13 | American painter, featured in a 2014 biopic, known for her women and children with big eyes: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SWIRL | 5 | Move in a twisting and circular motion |
| 37% | TEE | 3 | Elevator in a country club |
| 37% | ISLANDSIN | 9 | With 40-Across, song that reached #1 on Billboard's country and Hot 100 charts in 1983: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ETAL | 4 | "And others," in a footnote: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 36% | GOLFCADDY | 9 | Person carrying clubs at a country club: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GEORGELOPEZ | 11 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 2002 to 2007, and another that started in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 science fiction film set in a dystopian future Los Angeles and about synthetic humans known as replicants: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARYTRAVERS | 11 | Folk singer who, in a trio with Peter and Paul, sang the 1963 hit "Puff, the Magic Dragon": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DIDLAPS | 7 | Swam back and forth in a pool: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ETHANHUNT | 9 | A spy and point man for "IMF" in the "Mission: Impossible" series, portrayed by Tom Cruise: 2 wds. |
| 36% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CHITARIVERA | 11 | She won two Tonys for Best Actress in a Musical, for "The Rink" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman": 2 wds. |
| 36% | APIG | 4 | ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GWENVERDON | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "Damn Yankees," "New Girl in Town," and "Redhead": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARYMARTIN | 10 | She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for "South Pacific," "Peter Pan," and "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | APIG | 4 | Buy ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IDO | 3 | Vow in a chapel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LINESUP | 7 | Gets in a queue: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling in a cooler: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SUMUP | 5 | State in a nutshell: 2 wds. |