| 100% | FIRESTORM | 9 | Conflagration such as visited on Dresden in 1945 |
| 40% | SHTETLS | 7 | Places such as Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 34% | GNAWING | 7 | Teeth grinding in animals, such as dogs on bones |
| 32% | THRENODY | 8 | Poem or song of mourning or lamentation such as that written by Ralph Waldo Emerson on the death of his son in 1842 |
| 31% | DROP | 4 | __ in on; visit |
| 31% | TIMESUCK | 8 | Activity such as mindlessly scrolling on TikTok |
| 31% | ADO | 3 | Noun former such as in bravado, desperado |
| 31% | HIPPO | 5 | Heavy animal such as Gloria in "Madagascar" |
| 31% | SWAMP | 5 | Wetland such as the Okefenokee in Florida |
| 31% | POLLUTANT | 9 | Contaminant, such as chemical waste in rivers |
| 31% | EWE | 3 | Female animal such as Bellwether in "Zootopia" |
| 31% | TINCTURE | 8 | Small solution, such as used in homeopathy |
| 31% | SLED | 4 | Toy such as Rosebud in "Citizen Kane" |
| 31% | NEXT | 4 | On deck, as in baseball |
| 31% | CILIA | 5 | Hairlike projections on animal cells, such as in the human lung |
| 31% | REBELLION | 9 | A revolt, such as in Ireland in 1916 |
| 31% | PUG | 3 | Dog such as Frank in "Men in Black" |
| 31% | CLASPS | 6 | Metal fasteners such as on bags or necklaces |
| 31% | AERIAL | 6 | Like downward views, such as on Google Earth |
| 31% | METRO | 5 | Underground railway system, such as that in Paris |
| 31% | HYBRID | 6 | Crossing or amalgamation, such as in modern cars |
| 31% | MEMES | 5 | Viral images such as Bernie Sanders in mittens |
| 31% | ARIA | 4 | Song such as "Habanera" in the opera "Carmen" |
| 31% | LION | 4 | Carnivore such as Aslan in the "Narnia" stories |
| 31% | TYPO | 4 | Mistaek such as the one in this clue |
| 30% | ACCENT | 6 | Mark on a letter such as a grave, circumflex or acute in the French language |
| 30% | SICKBAY | 7 | Ship's hospital, such as on the USS Enterprise |
| 30% | BALANCE | 7 | __ wheel, a regulating wheel such as in a watch |
| 30% | COUNTERS | 8 | Flat plastic discs, such as in Snakes and Ladders |
| 30% | CUECARDS | 8 | Prompting words, such as in a Bob Dylan video |