| 100% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ONICE | 5 | Like unopened champagne that's waiting in a bucket: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ICES | 4 | Chills, as a bottle of champagne |
| 50% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 50% | DUETO | 5 | As a result of: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DAVIDBLAINE | 11 | Popular magician known for such stunts as being frozen in a block of ice: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNNYBENCH | 11 | Reds player who hit 45 homers in 1970, 38 of them as a catcher: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SALVADORPEREZ | 13 | Royals player who hit 48 homers in 2021, 31 of them as a catcher: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TODDHUNDLEY | 11 | Mets player who hit 41 homers in 1996, all of them as a catcher: 2 wds. |
| 48% | REACTTO | 7 | Do something as a result of: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALISTROKER | 10 | Actress who won a Tony for her role as Ado Annie in the 2019 Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!": 2 wds. |
| 47% | WADUP | 5 | Crumple tightly, as a piece of paper: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | "About a Boy" actor who starred in "Mad Max" as Nux, as a member of Immortan Joe's army: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DOMEPATROL | 10 | 15a was a part of this four-man linebacking corps known as the best in NFL history: 2 wds. |
| 47% | KUMAILNANJIANI | 14 | "Silicon Valley" actor who starred as a semifictional version of himself in 2017's "The Big Sick": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | A comically incompetent spy for "MI7," created as a parody of 50a, and portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the films by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | Singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac in 1998 and as a solo artist in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ADIVE | 5 | "Take ___ (drop in value, as of stocks): 2 wds. |
| 46% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling, as a wine bottle: 2 wds. |
| 46% | INTRUTH | 7 | As a matter of fact (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SCARESUP | 8 | Somehow manages to put together, as a sum of money: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SIDEWALKCHALK | 13 | 2020 addition to the Toy Hall of Fame that may be sold in a bucket (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He underwent training, such as learning to fly a helicopter, to perform some of his own stunts in the "Mission: Impossible" films: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Actor who starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the hit TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": 2 wds. |
| 45% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MAXOUT | 6 | Reach the upper limit of, as a credit card: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SPINCLASS | 9 | Gym activity in a room full of stationary bikes: 2 wds. |
| 45% | THEROMANTICS | 12 | 2010 Katie Holmes movie in which she played a maid of honor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | THEGOLDEN | 9 | "___ Palace," sitcom that was a spin-off of "The Golden Girls," in which Don Cheadle (birthday today) starred as Roland Wilson: 2 wds. |