| 100% | INORBIT | 7 | Circling the Earth in a path: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HUMANRACE | 9 | The people of Earth as a group: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | Catcher of the worm, in a proverb: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | 76-year-old singer who is still in a "Band on the Run": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MRBEAN | 6 | Eccentric character portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in a show by the same name: 2 wds |
| 47% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "7 Rings" singer who reimagined 18-Across in a 2024 hit with the same title: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ADRIANPETERSON | 14 | Vikings running back who gained 296 total yards in a 2007 NFL game, the most ever: 2 wds. |
| 46% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 46% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JEROMEHARRISON | 14 | Browns running back who gained 286 total yards in a 2009 NFL game, the third-most ever: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LAND | 4 | Hit the earth, in a way |
| 46% | APIG | 4 | ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |
| 45% | PROUDMARY | 9 | Girl in a Tina Turner song from the soundtrack of "What's Love Got to Do with It": 2 wds. |
| 45% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Edmonton Oilers: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARIOLEMIEUX | 12 | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JESSEOROSCO | 11 | He pitched in a record 1,252 games for nine teams, including the Mets, from 1979 to 2003: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HARDYBOYS | 9 | Fictional young male detectives who first appeared in a 1927 book credited to the pen name Franklin W Dixon: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ONCUE | 5 | In a timely fashion, theatrically speaking: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PRITHVI | 7 | The earth, in Sanskrit, or a name for Bhumi |
| 44% | PANOUT | 6 | Succeed in the end, like a scheme: 2 wds. |
| 44% | YEARSAGO | 8 | A long time in the past (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DUEUP | 5 | In the on-deck circle (2 wds.) |
| 44% | UPNEXT | 6 | In the on-deck circle (2 wds.) |
| 44% | APIG | 4 | Buy ___ in a poke: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IDO | 3 | Vow in a chapel: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LINESUP | 7 | Gets in a queue: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling in a cooler: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUMUP | 5 | State in a nutshell: 2 wds. |