| 100% | CINQ | 4 | French cardinal that sounds like it's gone to the bottom? |
| 45% | UZI | 3 | Gun that sounds like it's leaking on the floor |
| 43% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 43% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 43% | ELLA | 4 | Girl's name that sounds like French for "she has it" |
| 42% | ESTEE | 5 | Girl's name that sounds like two letters of the French alphabet |
| 42% | EAU | 3 | French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 41% | EIGHT | 5 | Number that sounds like "ate" or the next number in a New Year's countdown (go to 7d to find out what you can do next year) |
| 41% | BSHARP | 6 | Note that sounds like an order to get with it? |
| 41% | FLOE | 4 | Something solid that sounds like it's liquid |
| 40% | CHILE | 5 | South American country that sounds like it's cold? |
| 40% | TERN | 4 | A seabird that sounds like it's changing direction |
| 40% | POOF | 4 | "Just like that, it's gone!" sound |
| 40% | SANK | 4 | Went to the ocean's bottom |
| 40% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 40% | ICI | 3 | Common French word that sounds like two letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | NEHI | 4 | Soda brand that sounds like it's just over a foot tall |
| 39% | CLAPPERS | 8 | Going like the __, idiom that refers to bells |
| 39% | SUNK | 4 | Gone to the bottom |
| 39% | SANK | 4 | Went to the bottom |
| 39% | SINKS | 5 | Goes to the bottom |
| 39% | FOUNDER | 7 | Go to the bottom |
| 39% | GUM | 3 | It's stuck to the bottom of some school desks |
| 38% | TALC | 4 | It may go right to the bottom |
| 38% | GNU | 3 | Something found on the African plains that sounds like it's just out of the box |
| 38% | TEA | 3 | Drink that sounds like the letter after "S" |
| 38% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like "a duck if the duck were a songbird," according to Angels in America |
| 38% | TROYES | 6 | French city, sounds like it's from Greek mythology |
| 37% | ARIAL | 5 | Font that sounds like the Little Mermaid's name |