| 100% | ATEDIRT | 7 | Fell face-first |
| 100% | EATIT | 5 | Fall face first while skiing, say |
| 73% | ATEDIRT | 7 | Fell down face-first |
| 59% | LIBRA | 5 | First sign of fall |
| 59% | SEPT | 4 | First mo. of fall |
| 58% | EATSIT | 6 | Falls on one's face |
| 56% | EATSIT | 6 | Falls flat on one's face |
| 56% | ONEPIN | 6 | First to fall in most strikes |
| 56% | OCT | 3 | First full month of fall: Abbr. |
| 55% | ATEIT | 5 | Fell on one's face big-time |
| 54% | OVALS | 5 | First things drawn when drawing faces, often |
| 54% | ATEIT | 5 | Fell on one's face, say (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MARCH | 5 | First month of Fall in the Southern Hemisphere |
| 53% | HIROSHIMA | 9 | First city to fall to the A-bomb |
| 53% | XXXXX | 5 | "The First Time ___ Saw Your Face" |
| 51% | APART | 5 | “Things Fall ___” (Chinua Achebe’s first novel) |
| 50% | MCIV | 4 | Year that Acre fell in the First Crusade |
| 50% | VIGGO | 5 | First name of Lord of the Rings and Falling actor |
| 50% | HER | 3 | "Cover ___ Face" (P. D. James's first novel) |
| 50% | RAINDROPS | 9 | They fall on your face when it storms |
| 50% | DRAGON | 6 | Creature Harry Potter faced in the first task |
| 48% | EVERI | 5 | Roberta Flack’s “The First Time ___ Saw Your Face” |
| 48% | EVERI | 5 | "The First Time ___ Saw Your Face" (Roberta Flack classic) |
| 48% | ROBERTAFLACK | 12 | “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” singer |
| 48% | FORELOCKS | 9 | Front tufts of manes that fall across horse faces |
| 47% | USPOSTAGE | 9 | It fell in 2016 for the first time since 1919 |
| 47% | DEC | 3 | First month after fall or last month of the year, for short |
| 47% | EVERI | 5 | "The First Time ___ Saw Your Face" (Roberta Flack #1 hit) |
| 47% | EVER | 4 | "The First Time ___ I Saw Your Face" (Roberta Flack song) |
| 47% | EVER | 4 | Roberta Flack's "The First Time ___ I Saw Your Face" |