| 100% | YOHO | 4 | Disney tune subtitled "A Pirate's Life for Me" |
| 55% | YOHO | 4 | Words sung twice before "A pirate's life for me" |
| 38% | PERCH | 5 | Pirate's shoulder, for a parrot, stereotypically |
| 37% | PEG | 3 | Pirate's wooden replacement for a lower leg |
| 37% | BIO | 3 | A person's life history, for short |
| 36% | SPYGLASS | 8 | Pirate's optical aid for seeing at a distance |
| 36% | EYE | 3 | Place for a pirate's patch |
| 36% | CHEST | 5 | Box for a pirate's treasure |
| 36% | PEGLEG | 6 | Prop for a pirate's costume |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | It's tuned for a raga |
| 35% | SUNNYANDERSON | 13 | Food Network celebrity chef who wrote a cookbook subtitled "Easy Food for Real Life" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | WOE | 3 | "___ is me!" ("My life's a mess!") |
| 35% | CHEST | 5 | Box for a pirate's treasure, maybe |
| 35% | ABOWLOFCHERRIES | 15 | *Dish that's a metaphor for life? |
| 34% | LUNDY | 5 | Devonshire's ___ Island, once a haven for pirates |
| 34% | BIO | 3 | Story of a person's life, for short |
| 34% | ANT | 3 | Flik of A Bug's Life, for example |
| 34% | BIO | 3 | Story about a person's life, for short |
| 33% | SCHEDULEA | 9 | I.R.S. form with a line for "Casualty and Theft Losses" |
| 33% | SLEIGHRIDE | 10 | * What “it’s lovely weather for” in a Yuletide tune |
| 33% | BANKMANAGER | 11 | George Bailey, for one, in “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
| 33% | BIO | 3 | A story about a person's life, for short |
| 33% | WARRANTY | 8 | Manufacturer's promise for the life of a product |
| 33% | MARTYRDOM | 9 | Giving up life for a cause |
| 33% | LARVA | 5 | Stage of life for a caterpillar |
| 33% | NINE | 4 | Number of lives for a cat |
| 33% | DUET | 4 | Tune for a twosome |
| 33% | ARIA | 4 | Tune for a tenor |
| 33% | ARIA | 4 | Tune for a diva |
| 33% | PUDDY | 5 | "I tawt I taw a ___ tat," Tweety's catchphrase from "Looney Tunes" |