| 100% | WAFT | 4 | Drift in the air, like an aroma |
| 76% | WAFT | 4 | Gently drift through the air, like an aroma |
| 64% | WAFT | 4 | Be carried in the air, as an aroma |
| 53% | LINGERS | 7 | Stays in the air, like a bad smell |
| 53% | WAFT | 4 | Float gently in the air, like dandelion seeds |
| 52% | LINGER | 6 | Hang around in the air, like a bad smell |
| 52% | WAFT | 4 | Pass gently through the air, like aroma |
| 52% | SOAR | 4 | Take to the air, like an eagle |
| 52% | RISES | 5 | Goes up in the air, like a helium-filled balloon |
| 51% | BLOODYTHIRSTY | 13 | Like an Englishman in the desert? |
| 51% | PINEY | 5 | Like an air freshener's aroma, perhaps |
| 49% | PARASAIL | 8 | Glide in the air over an ocean or lake |
| 49% | XXX | 3 | Still up in the air, as an airtime: Abbr. |
| 49% | SAG | 3 | Dip in the middle, like an old mattress |
| 49% | SAGS | 4 | Dips in the middle, like an old mattress |
| 49% | SAG | 3 | Dip in the middle, like an old sofa |
| 49% | SEEDY | 5 | Like an everything bagel, or Times Square in the '70s |
| 48% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the air in cigar bars |
| 48% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a humidor |
| 48% | SENSIBLE | 8 | Like a chill in the air |
| 48% | STEAMY | 6 | Like the air in a sauna |
| 48% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a greenhouse |
| 48% | CORONAL | 7 | Like the ring in an eclipse |
| 48% | SAG | 3 | Dip down in the middle, like an aged mattress |
| 48% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the air in a cigar bar |
| 48% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the air in a hookah bar |
| 48% | ALLHERE | 7 | Like the gang, in an old song |
| 48% | APOGEAL | 7 | Like the highest point in an orbit |
| 48% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes in an Aesop tale |
| 48% | ALLTAKEN | 8 | Like the seats in an SRO performance |