| 100% | TUFT | 4 | Cluster of hair, as in a Maine coon cat's ear |
| 36% | TRIMS | 5 | Cuts off a bit of hair ... as seen in the circled letters? |
| 36% | TERETE | 6 | Cylindrical, as in a part of a plant |
| 36% | MATTED | 6 | In a thick tangle, as hair |
| 35% | TUFT | 4 | Hair cluster on a lynx's ear |
| 35% | RACEME | 6 | Simple inflorescence, as in a lily of the valley |
| 35% | BOG | 3 | ___ down (become stuck, as in a lot of details) |
| 35% | FERAL | 5 | In a wild state, as a mad cat |
| 35% | COWLICK | 7 | Lock of hair growing in a different direction |
| 35% | DOUP | 4 | Arrange, in a way, as hair |
| 34% | STYLE | 5 | Prepare in a fancy way, as hair |
| 34% | FUSSED | 6 | ___ over (spent a lot of time dealing with, as one's hair) |
| 34% | MILITANT | 8 | Vigorously aggressive, as in support of a cause |
| 34% | SHED | 4 | Lose hair, as a cat does |
| 34% | SIDEBURNS | 9 | Hair in front of the ears |
| 34% | BUSH | 4 | Hair in need of a barber |
| 33% | STRAY | 5 | Cat in need of a home, perhaps |
| 33% | ANOMIE | 6 | Lack of values, as in a people |
| 33% | TIER | 4 | Level of seating, as in a stadium |
| 33% | STIFF | 5 | In need of a massage, as muscles |
| 33% | ASOLO | 5 | Town in Italy's Veneto Region known as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" |
| 33% | LANUGO | 6 | Fine layer of hair covering a baby in the womb |
| 33% | TEARGASSED | 10 | Put down, in a way, as a group of rioters |
| 33% | JURYDUTY | 8 | Service in a court proceeding, often as one of 12 |
| 33% | ATSIXESANDSEVENS | 16 | In a state of confusion, as in math class? |
| 33% | PERSIAN | 7 | Cat known as a Shirazi in the Mideast |
| 33% | UNBRUSHED | 9 | In need of grooming, as hair |
| 33% | ADOPT | 5 | Take in, as a stray cat |
| 33% | ADOPTS | 6 | Takes in, as a shelter cat |
| 32% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |