| 100% | RESIDUARYESTATE | 15 | Everything not specifically left to someone in a will |
| 59% | BEQUEATH | 8 | Leave something to someone in a will |
| 56% | BEQUEATH | 8 | Legally leave something to someone in a will |
| 49% | BEQUESTS | 8 | Items left to others in a will |
| 47% | OLDMAID | 7 | Victorian card game in which players collect pairs and try not to be left with a penalty card |
| 47% | IRREFUTABLY | 11 | In a way not to be disproved |
| 46% | OLD | 3 | & 20D Victorian card game in which players collect pairs and try not to be left with a penalty card |
| 44% | COOKIES | 7 | Stored in a jar, not to be eaten before dinner |
| 43% | WHISPER | 7 | Talk in a quiet voice, so as not to be overheard |
| 41% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 41% | SECRET | 6 | Not to be shared, in a way |
| 40% | AUDIT | 5 | Go through the books at a company to ensure everything is in place |
| 40% | CAMERASHY | 9 | Not inclined to be in a lot of photos |
| 40% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | Group in a 1999 movie whose first rule of membership is not to talk about it: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BEQUEATHED | 10 | Left in a will |
| 39% | BEQUEATH | 8 | Leave in a will |
| 39% | ENDOWS | 6 | Leaves in a will |
| 38% | THEROD | 6 | Something not to be spared, in a saying |
| 38% | AMSO | 4 | Childish but truthful reply to "You're not solving a crossword" when you are, in fact, solving it |
| 37% | EQUITABLY | 9 | In a way that is fair to all |
| 37% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not" |
| 37% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __ means to be explained in few words |
| 37% | BEQUEST | 7 | Something left in a will |
| 36% | STET | 4 | Leave in, to a proofreader |
| 36% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 36% | ACTS | 4 | Pretends to be someone else, as in a movie |
| 36% | SUGARMAPLE | 10 | In a ___, there's plenty of sweet ___ to be harvested |
| 36% | STOOP | 5 | ___ to someone's level (behave in a dishonorable way) |
| 36% | ACT | 3 | Pretend to be someone else (in a movie) |