| 100% | SEAT | 4 | Fly by the ___ of one's pants |
| 89% | WINGIT | 6 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 89% | ADLIB | 5 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 74% | SEAT | 4 | Fly by the ___ of your pants |
| 74% | SEAT | 4 | Flying by the ___ of your pants |
| 71% | IDIOM | 5 | By the seat of one's pants, e.g. |
| 70% | SEAT | 4 | Part of the pants one flies by |
| 67% | SKIN | 4 | By the ___ of one's teeth |
| 60% | BARELY | 6 | By the skin of one's teeth |
| 60% | JUSTBARELY | 10 | By the skin of one’s teeth |
| 58% | SEAT | 4 | By the ___ of your pants |
| 58% | FORMAN | 6 | Miloš, director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 55% | ISH | 3 | Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one's hand |
| 55% | EUROPE | 6 | It's represented by one of the five Olympic rings |
| 54% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | The story of one person's life as told by another |
| 53% | TINO | 4 | One of the Flying Wallendas |
| 52% | SONIC | 5 | One of the S's in SST |
| 52% | TBAR | 4 | It'll grab you by the seat of your pants |
| 51% | OHIO | 4 | One of the states touched by 15-Across |
| 51% | IAGO | 4 | One of the villains in 'Othello' by Shakespeare |
| 51% | QUOTIENT | 8 | The result of dividing one number by another |
| 51% | SNAP | 4 | One of the sounds made by Rice Krispies |
| 51% | FIG | 3 | One of the first fruits cultivated by humans |
| 51% | TSWANA | 6 | One of the official languages of South Africa where it's spoken by about 4 million people |
| 51% | LORD | 4 | "____ of the Flies" (novel by William Golding) |
| 51% | KENKESEY | 8 | Author of the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
| 51% | BOAR | 4 | Animal hunted by the stranded kids in "Lord of the Flies" |
| 51% | HOSPICE | 7 | One of the services provided by Gentiva Health Services |
| 51% | SONATA | 6 | One of three written for the piano by Chopin |