| 100% | LIAM | 4 | Four-letter name that, when read backward, can be any number of letters |
| 42% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 41% | STROHS | 6 | Brew whose name is an article of clothing when read backward |
| 41% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 38% | AFEWFAMILYSPATS | 15 | Odd pieces of quaint footwear hand-me-downs that caused a number of squabbles when the will was read? |
| 37% | QUEEN | 5 | Chess piece that can move any number of squares in any direction |
| 37% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that can move any number of squares horizontally or vertically |
| 37% | EEL | 3 | Fish that's a first name when read backward |
| 37% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 36% | ELLY | 4 | Name that sounds like two of its letters |
| 36% | BOATSWAIN | 9 | Word that can be shortened to four letters and two apostrophes |
| 36% | FOUR | 4 | Only number that equals the number of letters in its English name |
| 36% | EMIT | 4 | Give off, or the name of a biweekly magazine when read backwards |
| 35% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 35% | ETNA | 4 | Poker term read backwards which is also the name of an Italian volcano |
| 35% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 35% | DOT | 3 | Punctuation that can precede each set of circled letters |
| 35% | EIGHTEEN | 8 | Racehorse names are limited to this no. of letters |
| 35% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI |
| 35% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 35% | PAT | 3 | Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
| 35% | YEN | 3 | Currency that can be spotted if you read "money" backwards |
| 35% | AXE | 3 | Weapon that can be spelled with two or three letters |
| 35% | CODE | 4 | Word that can be followed by any of several colors |
| 34% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 34% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 34% | TARPAULIN | 9 | Covering whose name is often shortened to its first four letters |
| 34% | LOUISIANA | 9 | Third of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 34% | WISCONSIN | 9 | Second of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 34% | SEVENTY | 7 | Number of years that a couple have been married when celebrating a platinum anniversary |