| 100% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Contribution of Gilbert, but not Sullivan |
| 44% | TERSE | 5 | Short but not sweet, of few words |
| 43% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | Largest Dutch city, but not seat of government |
| 43% | LOWERCASELETTER | 15 | The "e," but not the "B," of eBay |
| 43% | ISLE | 4 | Of Man, but not of woman |
| 43% | HARDG | 5 | Feature of Greece but not Germany |
| 43% | LLAMA | 5 | Source of wool but not lanolin |
| 43% | SYS | 3 | Part of CBS but not PBS |
| 43% | ELS | 3 | Features of lollipops but not suckers? |
| 43% | SOFTC | 5 | Component of cider but not cola? |
| 43% | DIALTONES | 9 | Features of landlines but not cellphones |
| 42% | TIE | 3 | Rare, but not impossible, outcome of a Scrabble game |
| 42% | PENZANCE | 8 | Gilbert and Sullivan operetta: The Pirates of __ |
| 42% | PENZANCE | 8 | Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of __ |
| 42% | IMPLICIT | 8 | Not stated, but understood because of context |
| 41% | FOURSTAR | 8 | High quality hotel, but not quite five out of five |
| 41% | INORGANIC | 9 | Not animal or vegetable but composed of minerals |
| 40% | PARALEGAL | 9 | Works with law but not in the level of a lawyer |
| 40% | TRAGIC | 6 | Like "Hamlet" and "Julius Caesar," but not "A Comedy of Errors" |
| 40% | TRALA | 5 | Part of a Gilbert and Sullivan chorus |
| 40% | UNSAID | 6 | Thought of but not shared |
| 39% | LONGU | 5 | Feature of "butte" but not "but" |
| 39% | SILENTU | 7 | Feature of "guilt" but not "gilt" |
| 39% | WARM | 4 | Sort of hot, but not really |
| 39% | LUANDA | 6 | Capital of Angola: not Rwanda but __ |
| 39% | SILENTU | 7 | Feature of "guitar" but not "lute" |
| 39% | FIRST | 5 | Part of FLOTUS, but not POTUS |
| 39% | PESCETARIAN | 11 | Consumer of cod, but not cow |
| 39% | PER | 3 | Part of fps, but not GPS |
| 39% | HARDG | 5 | Feature of Goliath, but not giants |