| 100% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove the text, for short |
| 89% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove a certain part of the text, for short |
| 85% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove a text, for short |
| 43% | MSS | 3 | Handwritten texts submitted to editors, for short |
| 42% | TSA | 3 | Reason to remove shoes while traveling, for short |
| 41% | SMS | 3 | Protocol that was first used to send the text "Merry Christmas," for short |
| 41% | DELE | 4 | Marking indicating something to be removed from the text |
| 39% | PUTTER | 6 | Golf club used for short-range shots to the hole |
| 39% | OREG | 4 | California's neighbor to the north, for short |
| 39% | MEX | 3 | USA's neighbor to the south, for short |
| 39% | OTB | 3 | Place to play the ponies, for short |
| 39% | ADS | 3 | You may pay to remove them from an app, for short |
| 39% | DIYERS | 6 | Ones unlikely to call the handyman, for short |
| 39% | COPY | 4 | Material for the editor to look over |
| 38% | IMS | 3 | Precursors to texts, for short |
| 38% | BTOB | 4 | Like intercompany trade, for short, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 38% | ERRAND | 6 | Short trip to the store, for example |
| 38% | EVAC | 4 | Remove to a MASH, for short |
| 38% | OBELUS | 6 | The name for this typographical mark, often used to mark footnotes: † |
| 37% | INDY | 4 | Home to the NFL's Colts, for short |
| 37% | INDY | 4 | Home to the WNBA's Fever, for short |
| 37% | STAINS | 6 | Marks to remove |
| 37% | LENDMEYOUREARS | 14 | Mark Antony's request to the farmer when he realized he didn't have enough corn for the cookout? |
| 37% | LOL | 3 | Reply to a funny text message, for short |
| 37% | KOS | 3 | Sends to the canvas, for short |
| 37% | KOD | 3 | Sent to the canvas, for short |
| 37% | LIRR | 4 | Line to the Hamptons, for short |
| 37% | STL | 3 | Gateway to the West, for short |
| 37% | LIRR | 4 | Train to the Hamptons, for short |
| 36% | UNWRAP | 6 | To remove the packaging |