| 100% | AWARE | 5 | Conscious of a battle to the east |
| 82% | AWARE | 5 | Conscious of a conflict to the east |
| 68% | AWARE | 5 | Conscious of a battle to a point |
| 65% | AWARE | 5 | Alert to a battle to the east |
| 54% | KIPSBAY | 7 | Site of a 1776 battle that gave New York City to the British |
| 50% | SLOVENES | 8 | Peoples of a country lying to the east of Italy |
| 49% | ALA | 3 | State to the east of Mississippi: Abbr. |
| 49% | MAURITIUS | 9 | Tiny island to the East of Madagascar |
| 49% | MALI | 4 | African country to the east of Mauritania |
| 49% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Country that's east of the Czech Republic (the two used to be a single nation) |
| 48% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 48% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 48% | APORT | 5 | To the left side of a ship |
| 48% | SNAP | 4 | Start of a play to the quarterback |
| 48% | VENI | 4 | Start of a boast to the Senate |
| 48% | SHINER | 6 | Result of a hit to the eye |
| 47% | WISE | 4 | A word to the ___ (good piece of advice) |
| 47% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ARAB | 4 | Many a native of the Middle East |
| 46% | ACCEDED | 7 | Agreed to the conditions of a treaty |
| 46% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
| 46% | OPER | 4 | Abbr. to the right of a star |
| 46% | TEL | 3 | Abbr. to the left of a number |
| 46% | BEAT | 4 | March to the ___ of a different drummer |
| 46% | INNER | 5 | Relating to the spirit of a person |
| 46% | DOMESTIC | 8 | Relating to the running of a home |
| 46% | APICALLY | 8 | Relating to the tip of a pyramid |
| 46% | OUTDOORS | 8 | External to the confines of a house |
| 46% | ARRIVED | 7 | Got to the end of a journey |
| 46% | LYRICAL | 7 | Relating to the words of a song |