| 100% | MISHEARD | 8 | Failed to listen to a person or their words correctly |
| 50% | DEHYDRATE | 9 | To cause a person or their body to lose water |
| 46% | BANKRUPT | 8 | A company or person unable to pay their debts |
| 43% | BEQUEATH | 8 | To leave to a person or beneficiary via a will |
| 42% | FIDELITY | 8 | Faithfulness to a person or belief |
| 42% | BREAD | 5 | *Primary sandwich ingredient ... or a word used with 38d to mean a person's livelihood |
| 41% | ODE | 3 | Poet's tribute to a person or thing |
| 41% | ODE | 3 | Poem, usually addressed to a person or thing |
| 41% | NOUN | 4 | Word for a person or thing |
| 40% | DRAWABLANK | 10 | Fail to think of anything . . . or a crossword clue for the first word of 17-, 25-, 39-, or 49-Across |
| 40% | STATUE | 6 | Stone or metal tribute to a person or animal |
| 40% | STRANGER | 8 | Someone who is unknown to a person or group |
| 40% | EXONERATE | 9 | To absolve a person of their wrongdoing |
| 40% | NIGHT | 5 | "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
| 40% | NERD | 4 | Person similar to a dweeb or a geek |
| 40% | MEMBER | 6 | A person or thing belonging to a group |
| 40% | THREAT | 6 | A person or thing likely to cause damage |
| 40% | DUCAL | 5 | Word relating to a duke or his dukedom |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | Word for a person or a place, in grammar |
| 39% | YOUREUPEARLY | 12 | Words to a person who's awake for sunrise |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |
| 39% | ANALOGUE | 8 | A person or thing seen as comparable to another |
| 39% | INDUCTEES | 9 | People admitted to a company or hall of fame |
| 39% | BECALM | 6 | Words to a jittery person |
| 39% | ANGEL | 5 | Guardian ___ (spirit that is believed to watch over a person or place) |
| 39% | CARETAKER | 9 | Person hired to look after a building or a person |
| 39% | ALMA | 4 | Word before mater to mean college a person went to |
| 39% | NOVICE | 6 | Person who's new to a job or religious community |
| 39% | IAN | 3 | What might link a person to their hometown |
| 38% | ODE | 3 | Lyric poem devoted to praise a person or thing |