| 100% | TEG | 3 | Fleece of a sheep in its second year |
| 61% | TEG | 3 | Sheep in its second year |
| 50% | TEG | 3 | Fleece of a 2-year-old sheep |
| 47% | HOGGET | 6 | Lamb in its second year |
| 46% | TEG | 3 | Fleece of a young sheep |
| 44% | NLEAST | 6 | Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 42% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 42% | COMA | 4 | A person in it is out of it |
| 42% | HARDWARE | 8 | In IT, the tangible parts of a computer |
| 42% | ETE | 3 | Part of a year in Provence |
| 40% | BODY | 4 | Physical mass of a person in its entirety |
| 40% | LII | 3 | Approximate number of weeks in a Roman year |
| 40% | CPR | 3 | Subj. of a class with dummies in it |
| 40% | CALENDAR | 8 | It tracks the months in a year |
| 40% | ZAG | 3 | Second in a series of sharp turns |
| 40% | ALTO | 4 | Second highest in a family of instruments |
| 40% | CDLI | 4 | A year in the life of Attila |
| 40% | NET | 3 | A goalie plays in front of it |
| 40% | WINDOW | 6 | A curtain hangs in front of it |
| 40% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 39% | MORAY | 5 | Eel with a second set of jaws in its throat (!?!) |
| 39% | SKY | 3 | Part of a landscape that may have clouds in it |
| 39% | OCT | 3 | Name of a month in a year (abbr) |
| 39% | MLI | 3 | A year in the life of St. Anselm |
| 39% | AGE | 3 | A person's lifetime, in terms of years |
| 39% | REEL | 4 | A line winds in and out of it |
| 39% | IRIS | 4 | A pupil is in the middle of it |
| 39% | TKO | 3 | It might result in a change of title |
| 39% | NET | 3 | A soccer goalie plays in front of it |