| 100% | COVET | 5 | Desire, as in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 74% | THEFT | 5 | Taboo in one of the Ten Commandments |
| 62% | COVET | 5 | Break one of the Ten Commandments |
| 62% | SIN | 3 | Break one of the Ten Commandments |
| 59% | HONORTHYFATHER | 14 | 1971 Gay Talese title derived from one of the Ten Commandments |
| 58% | THOU | 4 | First word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 58% | NOT | 3 | Third word in many of the Ten Commandments |
| 57% | NOT | 3 | Word in most of the Ten Commandments |
| 55% | EDAM | 4 | One of the cheeses "Mythbusters" tested as ammunition in October 2009 |
| 55% | IOWA | 4 | One of 14 in the Big Ten |
| 54% | COHORT | 6 | One of the ten units of between 300 and 600 men in an ancient Roman Legion |
| 54% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is one of the ten most common street names in the US |
| 54% | SANAA | 5 | Middle Eastern city that's one of the ten highest capitals in the world |
| 53% | ADULTERY | 8 | "Thou shalt not commit ___" (one of the Ten Commandments) |
| 53% | HONOR | 5 | "___ thy father and thy mother" (one of the Ten Commandments) |
| 51% | GRAVEN | 6 | "Thou shalt not make unto thee any ___ image" (one of the Ten Commandments) |
| 51% | TABLET | 6 | One of two for the Ten Commandments |
| 50% | COVET | 5 | Be jealous of, in the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | SINAI | 5 | Mount of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | TABOOS | 6 | Many of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | IDOLATORS | 9 | Flouters of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | THOU | 4 | Subject of the Ten Commandments? |
| 49% | BANS | 4 | Most of the Ten Commandments, basically |
| 49% | ARKOFTHE | 8 | __ Covenant, store of the Ten Commandments |
| 49% | BERNSTEIN | 9 | Composer of The Ten Commandments, Ghostbusters |
| 48% | ROPE | 4 | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |
| 48% | AMOUR | 5 | Romance, in one of the Romance languages |
| 48% | OKIE | 4 | One going west from the Dust Bowl, as depicted in “The Grapes of Wrath” |
| 48% | PIP | 3 | Card symbol such as the one in the center of an ace |
| 48% | HESTON | 6 | Last name of The Ten Commandments actor Charlton |