| 100% | WORDS | 5 | Elements of speech or writing |
| 61% | FLOWERYLANGUAGE | 15 | High-flown speech or writing ... or a description of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across? |
| 58% | WORDY | 5 | Opposite of terse, in writing or speech |
| 58% | DISCOURSE | 9 | Communication in speech or writing |
| 56% | NONSENSE | 8 | Gibberish, incomprehensible speech or writing |
| 55% | GIBBERISH | 9 | Unintelligible speech or writing |
| 52% | CROSSWORD | 9 | Angry element of speech; across and down |
| 52% | STYLE | 5 | Manner of talking or writing |
| 52% | SHORTO | 6 | Element of radon or xenon |
| 48% | SIMILE | 6 | Figure of speech with "like" or "as" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "has" or "was" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "enjoy" or "solve" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "juggle" or "wiggle" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "give" or "receive" |
| 47% | PRONOUN | 7 | Part of speech such as "he" or "she" |
| 47% | SIMILE | 6 | Comparative figure of speech using "like" or "as" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "have" or "give" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "solve" or "revolve" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "win" or "lose" |
| 47% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech such as "cat" or "skyscraper" |
| 47% | VERB | 4 | Part of speech such as "come" or "go" |
| 46% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech for a person, place or thing |
| 46% | PRONOUN | 7 | Part of speech represented by mine, yours, or ours |
| 46% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech which may be common or proper |
| 46% | REVIEW | 6 | Watch again or write a critique of a show? |
| 46% | APOLOGY | 7 | Written or spoken expression of regret; sorrow |
| 46% | STYLE | 5 | Way of writing or dressing |
| 46% | NOUN | 4 | Part of speech that's a person, place, or thing |
| 46% | HYPERBOLE | 9 | Very exaggerated figure of speech, in writing |
| 46% | BUREAU | 6 | Writing desk or a branch of an institution |