| 100% | PARADROP | 8 | Delivery of supplies by air, in a way |
| 58% | AIRDROP | 7 | Delivery of supplies by plane with a parachute |
| 54% | JOINEDATTHEHIP | 14 | Linked in a way illustrated by three pairs of puzzle answers |
| 51% | IMPLOSIVE | 9 | In phonetics, a consonant created by intake of air |
| 50% | VIA | 3 | By way of, in a map |
| 49% | VIA | 3 | By way of, in a travel itinerary |
| 49% | VIA | 3 | By way of, in a travel plan |
| 49% | VIA | 3 | By way of, in a flight plan |
| 48% | VIA | 3 | By way of, in a traveler's itinerary |
| 48% | ONTV | 4 | Airing, in a way |
| 48% | AMOROUSLY | 9 | In a way motivated by love |
| 48% | COMMENDABLY | 11 | In a way deserving of praise |
| 47% | CHOKE | 5 | Device in a car engine enriching the fuel-air mixture by restricting the amount of air entering the carburettor |
| 46% | CHOKE | 5 | Device in a car engine that enriches the fuel-air mixture by restricting the amount of air entering the carburettor |
| 46% | STAG | 4 | By oneself, in a way |
| 45% | MEDICALLY | 9 | In a way related to treatment of illness or injury |
| 45% | AIRLIFT | 7 | Transportation of supplies by plane, as in Berlin |
| 45% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 45% | OBIT | 4 | Bio, in a way, is aptly part of it |
| 45% | CINEMATIC | 9 | Dramatic in a way that's reminiscent of filmmaking |
| 44% | HEATSEAL | 8 | Protect from the air, in a way |
| 44% | WRY | 3 | Funny, in a dry sort of way |
| 44% | EERIE | 5 | Strange, in a creepy kind of way |
| 44% | SHREWD | 6 | Clever, in a cunning sort of way |
| 44% | RETRO | 5 | Cool, in a throwback sort of way |
| 44% | DOUR | 4 | Sullen, in a grim sort of way |
| 44% | TEARGASSED | 10 | Put down, in a way, as a group of rioters |
| 44% | HIE | 3 | "Floor it", in a quaint sort of way |
| 44% | CLOUD | 5 | The Internet, in a metaphoric sort of way |
| 44% | PUNNY | 5 | Amusing in a groan-inducing sort of way |