| 100% | CENTER | 6 | Creme's place, in an Oreo |
| 64% | DESK | 4 | Laptop's place in an office |
| 63% | PIT | 3 | Orchestra's place in an opera house |
| 63% | INSET | 5 | Alaska's place in an atlas, often |
| 58% | FILED | 5 | Placed in an archive |
| 58% | FIRST | 5 | Word before "chair" to mean the leading performer's place in an orchestra |
| 57% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Needle's place, in an idiom |
| 57% | UPEND | 5 | Place in an erect position |
| 57% | STOW | 4 | Place in an overhead bin |
| 57% | STOW | 4 | Place in an overhead compartment |
| 57% | SETONEND | 8 | Place in an upright position |
| 56% | STOW | 4 | Place in an overhead bin, say |
| 56% | ZENDA | 5 | Prisoner's place, in an 1894 adventure novel |
| 55% | EAT | 3 | Stuff in an Oreo, for instance |
| 54% | FILE | 4 | ___ cabinet (storage place in an office) |
| 54% | BAG | 3 | Something placed in an overhead compartment |
| 54% | ENCLOSED | 8 | Placed in an envelope along with the cover letter |
| 53% | STOPPER | 7 | Bung placed in an open wine bottle |
| 53% | CRISPED | 7 | Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, say |
| 53% | THESWORDINTHESTENO | 18 | Murder mystery that takes place in an office? |
| 53% | ENCLOSING | 9 | Including, placing in an envelope with a letter |
| 52% | SOMEWHERES | 10 | In an undetermined place, in dialect |
| 52% | MMA | 3 | Sport that often takes place in an octagon: Abbr. |
| 51% | FISHOUTOFWATER | 14 | Person in an unfamiliar place |
| 51% | OGEE | 4 | Molding in an S shape |
| 51% | ACCT | 4 | Funds in an S&L |
| 51% | NEONGAS | 7 | It glows orange-red when placed in an electric field |
| 50% | OASIS | 5 | Pleasant haven in an unpleasant place |
| 50% | PARTSDEPARTMENT | 15 | Place in an auto dealership to pick up wiper blades or spark plugs |
| 50% | XENON | 5 | Element exhibiting a blue glow when placed in an electric field |