| 100% | CALLONTHECARPET | 15 | Criticize for a mistake |
| 72% | FAULT | 5 | Responsibility for a mistake |
| 72% | AMENDS | 6 | Atonement for a mistake |
| 72% | OWNSIT | 6 | Answers for a mistake |
| 66% | UNDO | 4 | Computer command for a mistake |
| 66% | BLAMES | 6 | Holds responsible for a mistake |
| 66% | OWNSIT | 6 | Takes responsibility for a mistake |
| 66% | BLAME | 5 | Hold responsible for a mistake |
| 66% | OWNIT | 5 | Take responsibility for a mistake |
| 62% | OWNUP | 5 | Take the blame, as for a mistake: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ATONE | 5 | Make up for a past mistake |
| 59% | REMORSE | 7 | Guilt or regret for a past mistake |
| 58% | EPICFAIL | 8 | Phrase for a complete, over the top mistake |
| 56% | PROOF | 5 | Examine a text for mistakes |
| 55% | BMI | 3 | Health meas. criticized for using weight as a proxy for health |
| 54% | NEWBIE | 6 | Not a veteran, often blamed for mistakes |
| 53% | UFO | 3 | What a weather balloon might be mistaken for |
| 52% | FREUDIANSLIPINS | 15 | Subtly added mistakes? … or a title for this puzzle |
| 52% | UFO | 3 | What a weather balloon may be mistaken for: Abbr. |
| 52% | UFO | 3 | What a high-altitude balloon might be mistaken for |
| 52% | YAM | 3 | Tuber that a sweet potato is often mistaken for |
| 51% | IGUANA | 6 | Lizard often mistaken for a chameleon |
| 51% | HARE | 4 | Animal often mistaken for a rabbit |
| 51% | RAVEN | 5 | Bird often mistaken for a crow |
| 50% | WINE | 4 | "It makes a man mistake words for thoughts," per Samuel Johnson |
| 50% | UFO | 3 | What a drone or weather balloon might be mistaken for: Abbr. |
| 50% | BIGGIANTMONSTER | 15 | Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for ... "Godzilla"? |
| 50% | CHEWTHECD | 9 | Mistake a shiny disc for a cookie? |
| 50% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree sometimes mistaken for a white birch |
| 50% | EEL | 3 | Fish sometimes mistaken for a sea snake |