| 100% | HOB | 3 | Elf (per se or a prefix) |
| 50% | OMNI | 4 | Hotel chain, or a prefix meaning "all" |
| 48% | NEO | 3 | Hero in "The Matrix" or a prefix to "classical" |
| 48% | META | 4 | Facebook's new corporate name ... or a prefix for verse |
| 47% | ANTI | 4 | A prefix usually found before "biotic" or "virus" |
| 47% | ANTI | 4 | A prefix that comes before "biotic" or "virus" |
| 46% | WORDFORM | 8 | What adding a prefix or suffix creates |
| 46% | OMNI | 4 | A prefix meaning "all," often comes before "present" or "scient" |
| 46% | OMNI | 4 | A prefix, which comes before potent or present, for example |
| 45% | STEM | 4 | What a prefix or suffix gets added to |
| 45% | ETHER | 5 | Old-time anesthetic, or a computing prefix with "net" |
| 44% | LARK | 4 | "Are you an owl or a ___?" (as per waking habits) |
| 43% | STRAW | 5 | Milkshake insert or prefix for a berry |
| 42% | BUS | 3 | Prefix with "boy" or "girl" to mean a restaurant worker |
| 42% | GEO | 3 | Prefix with "graphy" or "metry" to give a school subject |
| 42% | RIZZ | 4 | "Style, charm or attractiveness," per a modern coinage |
| 41% | MER | 3 | Prefix with "maid" or "man" to mean a mythical sea creature |
| 40% | SIMULACRUM | 10 | “A real without origin or reality: a hyperreal,” per Jean Baudrillard |
| 40% | ROLEPLAY | 8 | Be a wizard or an elf, say, in Dungeons & Dragons |
| 38% | PAGODA | 6 | Hindu or Buddhist temple in SE Asia usually with a multiple-tiered tower |
| 38% | INITSELF | 8 | Per se |
| 38% | ASSUCH | 6 | Per se |
| 38% | BYITSELF | 8 | Per se |
| 38% | NITSELF | 7 | Per se |
| 37% | START | 5 | Ou*se* ... or a key for deciphering missing symbols in each clue |
| 36% | AMOR | 4 | Love for a señor or señorita |
| 36% | BESO | 4 | Kiss for a señor or señorita |
| 36% | NEO | 3 | "New," as a prefix |
| 35% | BURMESE | 7 | Breed of domestic cat originating in SE Asia with a dark brown or blue-grey coat |
| 35% | DUO | 3 | A prefix that means two |