| 100% | EVENT | 5 | Crossword tournament, e.g. |
| 100% | NERDFEST | 8 | Crossword tournament, e.g. |
| 92% | NERDFEST | 8 | Crossword tournament, e.g. (we can say this) |
| 79% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have robbed that bank, because I was at a crossword tournament," e.g. |
| 67% | GRID | 4 | Crossword diagram, e.g. |
| 67% | PASTIME | 7 | Crossword solving, e.g. |
| 67% | NERD | 4 | Crossword maker, e.g. |
| 67% | JOB | 3 | Crossword constructor, e.g. |
| 67% | PATTERNS | 8 | Crossword diagrams, e.g. |
| 67% | CRAFT | 5 | Crossword construction, e.g. |
| 67% | ART | 3 | Crossword construction, e.g. |
| 65% | GAME | 4 | E.g. crossword |
| 63% | BRAINGAME | 9 | Crossword, e.g. |
| 62% | ART | 3 | Crossword constructing, e.g. (no, really!) |
| 60% | ELIMINATE | 9 | Knock out of a tournament, e.g. |
| 59% | MINI | 4 | 5x5 crossword, e.g. |
| 59% | FAD | 3 | Crosswords, e.g., in the 1920s |
| 58% | PASTIME | 7 | Solving crosswords, e.g. |
| 58% | MINIS | 5 | These crosswords, e.g. |
| 58% | MINIS | 5 | 5x5 crosswords, e.g. |
| 58% | GRANDSLAM | 9 | Major tennis tournament, e.g. US or French Open |
| 58% | CRYPTIC | 7 | Puzzling or enigmatic, e.g. crossword clues |
| 56% | PASTIME | 7 | Quilting or crossword solving, e.g. |
| 56% | CLUECHECKERS | 12 | Editors of crossword puzzles, e.g.? |
| 55% | YANKEEINGENUITY | 15 | Crossword by Joe DiMaggio, e.g.? |
| 54% | CRAZE | 5 | Crosswords in 1924-25, e.g. |
| 53% | BLOG | 4 | L.A. Times Crossword Corner, e.g. |
| 53% | SOLVER | 6 | Person doing a crossword puzzle, e.g. |
| 52% | BLOGS | 5 | Daily crossword review sites, e.g. |
| 52% | TIMED | 5 | Like rounds at crossword tournaments |