| 100% | WRY | 3 | Dryly humorous (word you'll find hidden in "awry") |
| 65% | RAJA | 4 | Indian royal and a word you'll find hidden in "Maharajah" |
| 65% | VAMP | 4 | Femme fatale and a word you'll find hidden in "vampire" |
| 65% | ASIA | 4 | Continent you'll find hidden in the word "caucasian," ironically |
| 63% | WIT | 3 | Wisdom's partner, and a word you'll find hidden in "witch" |
| 62% | ELL | 3 | Shape of a right angle and a word you'll find hidden in "Ellen" |
| 55% | WREN | 4 | Small songbird you'll find hidden in "wrench" |
| 54% | NAVE | 4 | Main area of the church with pews (word you'll find hidden in "navel") |
| 52% | BASK | 4 | Lounge in the sun, say (word you'll find hidden in "basket") |
| 52% | ENT | 3 | Sinus-healing doctor you'll find hidden in "tent": Abbr. |
| 44% | BEST | 4 | Praise word you may find in Oscar categories |
| 44% | BANE | 4 | ___ of one's existence (biggest annoyance, and a word you'll find hidden within "urbane") |
| 42% | WALDO | 5 | You'll find him in a crowd |
| 42% | LASTPLACE | 9 | You'll find a trailer in it |
| 41% | FRUIT | 5 | What's found hidden between words in "deli meat," "little monster" and "radio range" |
| 41% | EIRE | 4 | Word you'll see on a stamp bought in Tullamore |
| 40% | AEIOU | 5 | You'll find them all in a tennis court |
| 40% | RUIN | 4 | Totally destroy (word found hidden in "bruin") |
| 40% | ATM | 3 | You'll find cash in me at the mall entrance: Abbr. |
| 40% | HORSES | 6 | Animals you'll find in a harras |
| 39% | ANIMUS | 6 | You’ll find it in beef |
| 38% | WOLVES | 6 | Canines you'll find in a pack or route |
| 38% | EAST | 4 | Direction you'll find by rearranging the letters in "seat" |
| 37% | APE | 3 | Animal aptly found hidden in "banana peel" |
| 37% | VOCAB | 5 | Words you know, in brief |
| 37% | FAN | 3 | Devotee found hiding in the four longest entries |
| 36% | ELM | 3 | Tree found hidden in Lin-Manuel Miranda's name |
| 36% | STAY | 4 | "___ tuned! Solve the last words in the next 9 days and find a fun theme as you go along!" |
| 35% | POE | 3 | Poet hidden in the word "poet" |
| 35% | FTW | 3 | Internet initialism hidden in Microsoft Word |