| 100% | GRUE | 4 | Fearful shudder, to a Scot (the "-some" version is more common, though) |
| 42% | FELLS | 5 | While hill walking is a common outdoor activity in England, in the Lake District, you're more likely to be walking one of these |
| 38% | OMAR | 4 | ___ Bradley, the most recent person to be named a US five-star general |
| 38% | AFT | 3 | Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from |
| 37% | NICADS | 6 | Many batteries are often called this even though the name is a registered trademark of the SAFT Corporation |
| 37% | ANT | 3 | Bug that the more than 1 million members of a certain Facebook group pretend to be |
| 37% | ROLLERSKATEKEYS | 15 | Small wrenches used to adjust some retro footwear (one was the subject of a Melanie song) |
| 37% | NEE | 3 | One of the most common football injuries are injuries to the k___ |
| 36% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 36% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Hockney, queer artist behind the most expensive artwork by a living artist to be auctioned in 2018 |
| 36% | ALEXANDER | 9 | ___ the Great, a Greek commander who is widely considered to be one of history's most successful military commanders |
| 36% | TAKE | 4 | "Don't have to always be right, let me ___ some of the punches" (lyric from a 2005 song) |
| 35% | LESS | 4 | It may be more, to some |
| 35% | LAP | 3 | What a runner will do to another when they're more than 400 m ahead in the 5,000 m |
| 35% | SOH | 3 | Beginning of the phrase ending in "CAH-TOA" which has been a blessing to many trig. students over the years |
| 34% | WALKER | 6 | Most common name for a zombie in the Walking Dead |
| 34% | SEVEN | 5 | The number that's most likely to be picked when guessing a number from 1-10, per psych studies |
| 34% | BANANA | 6 | Fruit whose most common variety is the Cavendish |
| 34% | ERODE | 5 | What the Colorado River will continue to do to the canyon for a few more zillion years |
| 34% | GUESTLIST | 9 | People invited to a wedding are on the __ |
| 34% | GRIPE | 5 | Many a letter to the editor |
| 34% | HIVE | 4 | The place to be a bee |
| 34% | AUDIT | 5 | Fearful request by the IRS, to some |
| 34% | IMMORTAL | 8 | A being with the inability to die |
| 34% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 34% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the United States, according to the 2010 census |
| 33% | ACNE | 4 | Isotretinoin is most often used to treat this common complaint |
| 33% | THE | 3 | There are many ___ories about what happened to the dinosaurs |
| 33% | UNLUCKY | 7 | A black cat, thought by some to be __ |
| 33% | ADDRESSEE | 9 | The person to whom a letter is sent |