| 100% | SEVEN | 5 | Digit that’s sometimes written with a line through the middle |
| 58% | THETA | 5 | Oval letter with a line through the middle |
| 48% | SOREN | 5 | Danish man's name with a line through the second letter |
| 47% | BISECTOR | 8 | Line through the middle of a circle |
| 47% | DIAM | 4 | Line through the middle of a circle: Abbr. |
| 44% | AXIS | 4 | Imaginary line through the middle of a planet on which it rotates |
| 44% | BEAD | 4 | Small ball with a hole through the middle |
| 42% | DIAMETER | 8 | Line going through the middle of a circle |
| 40% | DIAMETER | 8 | Line through the middle |
| 39% | KAFTAN | 6 | Long, flowing top with a bohemian vibe that originated in the Middle East |
| 39% | OLIVE | 5 | Fruit that's sometimes stuffed with a pimiento |
| 38% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that's sometimes written in a blue book: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STENOPAD | 8 | Notebook with a vertical line down the middle |
| 37% | DIAMETER | 8 | Line through the center of a circle |
| 37% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 37% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 36% | SLATE | 5 | Online daily magazine with a "Wild Things" section that in Nov. 2015 wrote about turtles that breathe through their butts |
| 36% | KARMAPOLICE | 11 | 1997 Radiohead hit that ends with the repeated line "For a minute there / I lost myself" |
| 36% | TAR | 3 | 2022 movie that includes the line "As a BIPOC pangender, I have difficulty connecting with Bach" |
| 36% | THEFONZ | 7 | Sitcom character with a leather jacket that's now in the Smithsonian |
| 35% | IWONTBACKDOWN | 13 | Tom Petty song with the line "In a world that keeps on pushin' me around" (4 wds.) |
| 35% | ITALO | 5 | Author Calvino with a name that's almost the same as a country |
| 35% | ANDSCENE | 8 | Director's cry with a pause in the middle |
| 35% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 35% | SEMATARY | 8 | "Pet ___" (1983 Stephen King novel with a title that mimics a child's writing) |
| 34% | PARIS | 5 | "From hell to breakfast in ___," idiom with the French capital that means "go through a wide range of experiences" |
| 34% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | TOES | 4 | Digits that get glammed up with a pedicure |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Band that had a hit with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" |
| 34% | DONUT | 5 | Food with a hole in the middle |