| 100% | IRONY | 5 | Dramatic ___ (literary device in which something unexpected occurs) |
| 43% | IRONY | 5 | Dramatic literary device |
| 40% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device in many O. Henry stories |
| 40% | ECHO | 4 | Device in which Amazon's Alexa "lives" |
| 39% | SOLVENT | 7 | Liquid in which something is dissolved |
| 39% | MANNER | 6 | Style in which something is done |
| 39% | TRIALPERIOD | 11 | Interval in which something is tested |
| 39% | ORDER | 5 | Sequence in which something is arranged |
| 39% | STYLING | 7 | The way in which something is designed |
| 38% | CONEOFSILENCE | 13 | Fictional device in which to convey secret information |
| 38% | TIMEFRAME | 9 | The period in which something must take place |
| 37% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" |
| 37% | ILIAD | 5 | Literary work in which Paris is featured |
| 37% | CHESS | 5 | Venue in which mating occurs |
| 37% | REMSLEEP | 8 | Period in which dreams occur |
| 37% | OXYMORON | 8 | Rhetorical device in which contradictory terms are used in conjunction |
| 37% | IRONY | 5 | Literary device that might be dramatic or situational |
| 36% | FREQUENCY | 9 | The rate at which something occurs |
| 36% | REM | 3 | Sleep state in which dreaming occurs, initially |
| 36% | EXODUS | 6 | Book in which the first Passover occurred |
| 35% | RETCON | 6 | Literary device that changes facts previously established in the narrative |
| 35% | IRONY | 5 | Dramatic device in some plot twists |
| 35% | RUNE | 4 | Something which was written in stone |
| 35% | IRONY | 5 | "Dramatic" literary device |
| 34% | SPEED | 5 | With 1-Across, activity in which mating occurs quickly |
| 34% | THEFT | 5 | Crime in which someone takes something the wrong way? |
| 34% | REM | 3 | Sleep stage in which vivid dreams may occur: Abbr. |
| 33% | PERIPETEIA | 10 | Unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work |
| 33% | TRIG | 4 | Something in which all the angles may be considered |
| 32% | SELFIE | 6 | Something for which knowing your angles might come in handy |