| 100% | DERIVE | 6 | Develop from an earlier idea or source |
| 47% | PERIOD | 6 | Play from an earlier time or age, __ play |
| 41% | RETRO | 5 | From an earlier era |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | From an earlier time |
| 41% | FORMER | 6 | From an earlier time |
| 41% | OFOLD | 5 | From an earlier time |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | From an earlier century, perhaps |
| 39% | ANTIQUE | 7 | Object from an earlier period |
| 39% | RELIC | 5 | Object from an earlier time |
| 39% | BACKPEDAL | 9 | Retreat from an earlier statement |
| 39% | BETATESTS | 9 | Gets feedback from an early audience |
| 38% | RELIC | 5 | A object surviving from an earlier time |
| 37% | AUTHENTIC | 9 | News from an undisputed source |
| 37% | BEETSUGAR | 9 | Sweetener from an underground source |
| 36% | HANDSTAND | 9 | Move from an acrobat or breakdancer |
| 35% | CROSSBRED | 9 | Developed from two or more types, e.g. dogs |
| 35% | JUICE | 5 | Beverage squeezed from an orange or grapefruit |
| 35% | EDITOUT | 7 | Delete, as from an article or video |
| 35% | SECESSION | 9 | Withdrawal from an alliance or political union |
| 35% | VENISON | 7 | Meat from an elk or a deer |
| 35% | FOUNDPOETRY | 11 | Verse derived from an existing source text . . . or what the circled squares might be described as |
| 35% | GESTATES | 8 | Develops slowly, as an idea |
| 35% | MALTESE | 7 | Language that developed from an Arabic dialect, yet uses the Roman alphabet |
| 35% | IRA | 3 | An early withdrawal from this incurs a penalty, in brief |
| 35% | GENIUS | 6 | An incredibly clever person or idea |
| 34% | ANON | 4 | Brief attribution following a quote from an unknown source |
| 34% | SHOCKWAVE | 9 | A sudden ripple effect from an explosion or event |
| 34% | BOZO | 4 | Name of an early TV clown, or a jerk |
| 34% | IDAFORBES | 9 | Developed an early electric water heating machine |
| 34% | OOCYTE | 6 | An egg develops from it |