| 100% | SAG | 3 | Droop like the middle of a sofa |
| 72% | SAG | 3 | Droop in the middle, like a sofa |
| 59% | SAG | 3 | Droop in the middle like a clothesline |
| 55% | ARID | 4 | Like the middle of Australia |
| 54% | BELLYOFTHEBEAST | 15 | The middle of a bad situation |
| 53% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd |
| 53% | REDHANDED | 9 | In the middle of a crime |
| 52% | ISOLATED | 8 | Like a secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere |
| 52% | ASSISTANTEDITOR | 15 | Name in the middle of a masthead |
| 52% | REF | 3 | One in the middle of a fight |
| 52% | KEYHOLE | 7 | Opening in the middle of a lock |
| 52% | GRAPHITE | 8 | Material in the middle of a pencil |
| 52% | CATSPAW | 7 | Hitch in the middle of a rope |
| 52% | HALFTIME | 8 | Break in the middle of a match |
| 52% | NAVAL | 5 | Heard the middle of a warship, say |
| 52% | HECKLED | 7 | Badgered in the middle of a bit |
| 52% | DAM | 3 | Structure in the middle of a river |
| 52% | BISECTOR | 8 | Line through the middle of a circle |
| 52% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 52% | ONAROLL | 7 | In the middle of a hot streak |
| 51% | STAR | 4 | Symbol in the middle of a Scrabble board |
| 51% | POT | 3 | Money in the middle of a poker table |
| 51% | DIAMETER | 8 | Line going through the middle of a circle |
| 51% | NET | 3 | Item in the middle of a volleyball court |
| 51% | ERE | 3 | Conjunction in the middle of a famous palindrome |
| 51% | NET | 3 | Item in the middle of a badminton court |
| 51% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |
| 51% | ANTES | 5 | Money in the middle of a poker table |
| 51% | KITTY | 5 | Money in the middle of a poker table |
| 51% | NET | 3 | Demarcator in the middle of a tennis court |