| 100% | RIDGE | 5 | Feature of a quarter but not a nickel |
| 82% | RIDGE | 5 | Feature of a dime or a quarter but not a nickel or a penny |
| 70% | DOT | 3 | Feature of a j but not a J |
| 70% | TAIL | 4 | Feature of a kangaroo but not a koala |
| 66% | DIALTONE | 8 | Feature of a landline, but not a cellphone |
| 66% | LUNG | 4 | Feature of a frog, but not a tadpole |
| 66% | ROOF | 4 | Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee |
| 65% | FRET | 4 | Feature of a viol, but not most violins |
| 60% | DOT | 3 | Feature of a lowercase "j" but not a capital "J" |
| 60% | DRYHEAT | 7 | Feature of a 95° day in Phoenix, but not Miami |
| 55% | CENTS | 5 | Word on a nickel but not on a dime or a quarter |
| 53% | SCALY | 5 | Like the skin of a trout but not a shark |
| 52% | LONGU | 5 | Feature of "butte" but not "but" |
| 52% | SILENTU | 7 | Feature of "guilt" but not "gilt" |
| 52% | SILENTU | 7 | Feature of "guitar" but not "lute" |
| 52% | HARDG | 5 | Feature of Goliath, but not giants |
| 52% | TENSE | 5 | Feature of English, but not Chinese |
| 52% | ANTLERS | 7 | Features of bucks, but not does |
| 51% | BRAN | 4 | Feature of brown, but not white, rice |
| 51% | LACES | 5 | Feature of sneakers, typically, but not loafers |
| 51% | LAYMEN | 6 | Males who are members of a church but not ordained |
| 49% | HARDG | 5 | Feature of Greece but not Germany |
| 49% | TILDE | 5 | Feature of jalapeños, but not serranos |
| 49% | ELS | 3 | Features of lollipops but not suckers? |
| 49% | DIALTONES | 9 | Features of landlines but not cellphones |
| 48% | THROW | 5 | Rhyme of 21-Across, but not a homophone of 43-Across |
| 48% | RUE | 3 | Rhyme of 43-Across, but not a homophone of 49-Across |
| 48% | COW | 3 | Rhyme of 19-Across, but not a homophone of 46-Across |
| 48% | DOFF | 4 | Rhyme of 46-Across, but not a homophone of 21-Across |
| 48% | BUFF | 4 | Rhyme of 49-Across, but not a homophone of 19-Across |