| 100% | TBTEST | 6 | Diagnostic that entails sticking the forearm with a needle |
| 39% | JABS | 4 | Sticks with a needle |
| 39% | JAB | 3 | Stick with a needle |
| 37% | BARBINGCROSBY | 13 | Sticking the singer of “White Christmas” with a fishhook? |
| 36% | SPHINX | 6 | Statue with a riddle that guards the pyramids |
| 36% | SLINGBACK | 9 | Shoe with a strap that nearly encircles the ankle |
| 35% | STOAT | 5 | Mammal with a coat that changes color in the winter |
| 35% | INNOCULATE | 10 | *Stick with a needle, maybe |
| 35% | ORB | 3 | Horse with a "spherical" name that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby |
| 35% | FLAP | 4 | Type of handbag with a flippable cover that defined the '80s |
| 34% | WHO | 3 | (4/6) Stop the next person who asks "Doctor ___?" or everyone in the TARDIS will be stuck in a loop with that mysterious question again! |
| 34% | THEFONZ | 7 | Sitcom character with a leather jacket that's now in the Smithsonian |
| 34% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 34% | CIDER | 5 | Christmas beverage with a scent that may remind you of the holidays |
| 34% | LESSTHAN | 8 | Symbol that shares a key with the comma |
| 34% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | Sweet treat with a stick that may become "sticky" after a few licks |
| 34% | ELVISISLAND | 11 | Historic site with a sign that says, "The immigrants have left the building"? |
| 34% | NEUTRON | 7 | Uncharged elementary particle with a mass nearly equal to that of the proton |
| 34% | XCHANGESTUDENT | 14 | Pupil with a phonetic beginning that hints at what the circled letters comprise |
| 34% | KAFTAN | 6 | Long, flowing top with a bohemian vibe that originated in the Middle East |
| 34% | PINE | 4 | Christmas tree type with a scent that may remind you of the holidays |
| 33% | EARWORM | 7 | Slang for a song that sticks in the mind |
| 33% | ASTERISK | 8 | Keyboard symbol that shares a key with the 8 |
| 33% | RAMS | 4 | NFL team that shares a stadium with the Chargers |
| 33% | MONKEES | 7 | Band that originated in a 1960s sitcom, with The |
| 33% | PACERS | 6 | Team that shares a stadium with the Indiana Fever |
| 33% | ANKH | 4 | Cross with a loop on the top that often appears in Egyptian personal names |
| 33% | PUN | 3 | Joke with a homophone, say, that is the so-called "lowest form of humor" |
| 33% | OTTER | 5 | Playful aquatic mammal with a name that comes from the same root as water |
| 33% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks out above the water |