| 100% | OPIUM | 5 | Drug that used to be smoked in "dens" |
| 60% | LEAD | 4 | Toxic metal that used to be in house paint |
| 59% | NESTLES | 7 | Brand name that used to be spelled out in commercials |
| 54% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island in California that used to be a prison |
| 51% | LSD | 3 | Drug that the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is rumored to be about: Abbr. |
| 51% | ANISE | 5 | Herbal flavor similar to licorice, that is used in Sambuca |
| 51% | RAGS | 4 | Cloths that used to be clothes |
| 51% | IWAS | 4 | "Well, that used to be true ... " |
| 51% | NAPSTER | 7 | File-sharing application predominantly used to share audio files that was popular in the 2000s |
| 50% | SKULL | 5 | Emoji that might be used in response to a funny text |
| 50% | CUTOFFS | 7 | Shorts that used to be jeans, perhaps |
| 50% | AUK | 3 | Puffin relative that used to be "Great" |
| 49% | LEAD | 4 | Element that used to be added to gasoline |
| 49% | IMAC | 4 | Tech product that used to be gumdrop-shaped |
| 49% | PAGER | 5 | Beeper that used to be worn on belts |
| 49% | IBM | 3 | Company that used to be called CTR: Abbr. |
| 49% | WERE | 4 | Used to be, in the plural |
| 49% | REDVELVET | 9 | Layered cake that used to be made with beets |
| 49% | IRON | 4 | Household appliance that used to be a Monopoly token |
| 49% | IRON | 4 | Appliance that used to be a standard Monopoly token |
| 49% | MATTE | 5 | Mask used to blank out part of an image in a film so that another can be superimposed |
| 49% | AGESAGO | 7 | "It used to be that ... " |
| 48% | NSA | 3 | Top secret DoD grp. that would probably like to not be used in crosswords |
| 48% | ELL | 3 | Obsolete English unit of measurement equivalent to 45 inches that was used in tailoring |
| 48% | ALIVE | 5 | "It's ___!" quote used by Gingy in "Shrek" that is a reference to "Frankenstein" |
| 48% | MACKEREL | 8 | Oily fish that is smoked or used to make pâté |
| 48% | REPEOPLED | 9 | Like a town that used to be a ghost town |
| 48% | SHEA | 4 | Stadium that used to be the home of the Mets |
| 48% | MARATHON | 8 | Long race that used to be the name for Snickers |
| 48% | FUN | 3 | ___ Dip (candy that used to be called Lik-M-Aid) |