| 100% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that requires paragraphs of writing: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that requires a lot of writing: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ESSAY | 5 | Type of exam that requires writing |
| 52% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that's sometimes written in a blue book: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ESSAY | 5 | Exam section that requires a lot of writing |
| 49% | ESSAY | 5 | Type of exam that requires more writing than a multiple-choice test |
| 43% | EYETEST | 7 | Exam that involves reading from a distance: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EASYA | 5 | Class that requires very little effort: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EASYA | 5 | Class that requires little work: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Exam that the taker can't just guess on: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MATHTESTS | 9 | Exams that could be about long division or fractions: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ESSAY | 5 | Piece of writing that a college application might require |
| 41% | PHONECALL | 9 | Conversation that requires dialing someone's number: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GASHOG | 6 | Car that uses lots of fuel: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ORAL | 4 | Kind of exam that's not written |
| 38% | EASYA | 5 | School class that requires little effort (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ROADTESTS | 9 | Exams that require passing |
| 38% | ESSAY | 5 | Type of test that might require writing in a blue book |
| 38% | ORAL | 4 | Type of exam that doesn't require a pencil |
| 38% | ORAL | 4 | Type of exam that's spoken rather than written |
| 37% | EASYA | 5 | Class that requires little effort (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ORAL | 4 | Exam that requires spoken answers |
| 37% | ORAL | 4 | Type of exam that doesn't involve writing |
| 37% | ALLCAPS | 7 | Writing that uses no lowercase letters: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ESSAY | 5 | English assignment requiring paragraphs of prose |
| 35% | ANTMOUND | 8 | Small dirt hill that's full of insects: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ISNTSHELOVELY | 13 | 1976 hit song that 38-Across wrote to celebrate the birth of his daughter (3 wds.) |
| 35% | ORAL | 4 | Exam that's not written |
| 35% | COPPERORE | 9 | Underground mineral that requires a stone pickaxe in 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ESSAY | 5 | Part of an exam that might be written in a blue book |