| 100% | ULTIMA | 6 | Final syllable of a word, in linguistics |
| 72% | ULTIMA | 6 | Final syllable of a word |
| 61% | ELISION | 7 | In linguistics, omission of a sound or syllable |
| 59% | ELISION | 7 | Omission of a syllable in words like "I'm" |
| 56% | ULTIMA | 6 | Last syllable of a word |
| 54% | MORPHEME | 8 | Smallest meaningful segment of a word in language |
| 52% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | Make the sound of a word in a particular way |
| 52% | CHALLENGE | 9 | Question the legitimacy of a word, in Scrabble |
| 52% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |
| 52% | PHAIR | 5 | Lilith Fair musician (and homophone of a word in this clue) |
| 51% | RHEME | 5 | Part of a sentence, in linguistics |
| 51% | ADIEU | 5 | Word in a final bid? |
| 50% | MOO | 3 | Word in a lot of cow puns |
| 50% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 50% | ELI | 3 | Name left over when you eliminate two-thirds of a word in this clue |
| 49% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 49% | ALAI | 4 | Word in the name of a pelota game |
| 49% | ASS | 3 | Word in the etymology of a ''silly'' synonym |
| 49% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 49% | FREE | 4 | Word in the middle of a bingo card |
| 49% | FREE | 4 | Word in the center square of a bingo card |
| 49% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 49% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of a TV news broadcast |
| 49% | LANES | 5 | Word in the name of many a bowling alley |
| 49% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 49% | TIPS | 4 | Word in Box 1 of a Form W-2 |
| 49% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 49% | CASE | 4 | Word in the title of many a detective novel |
| 49% | SHU | 3 | Word in the name of a Chinese pork dish |
| 49% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |