| 100% | OLD | 3 | From an earlier century, perhaps |
| 59% | RETRO | 5 | From an earlier era |
| 59% | OLD | 3 | From an earlier time |
| 59% | FORMER | 6 | From an earlier time |
| 59% | OFOLD | 5 | From an earlier time |
| 56% | ANTIQUE | 7 | Object from an earlier period |
| 56% | RELIC | 5 | Object from an earlier time |
| 56% | BACKPEDAL | 9 | Retreat from an earlier statement |
| 55% | BETATESTS | 9 | Gets feedback from an early audience |
| 54% | DERIVE | 6 | Develop from an earlier idea or source |
| 54% | RELIC | 5 | A object surviving from an earlier time |
| 54% | DONUT | 5 | Word from an abbreviation used in the early 20th century by the company that made machines that created these common pastries |
| 53% | PERIOD | 6 | Play from an earlier time or age, __ play |
| 52% | DRAWL | 5 | Accent from an Athenian, perhaps? |
| 52% | CRATER | 6 | Depression from an asteroid, perhaps |
| 51% | DEWY | 4 | Like an early morning lawn, perhaps |
| 49% | IRA | 3 | An early withdrawal from this incurs a penalty, in brief |
| 49% | IMLATE | 6 | Words from an impatient commuter, perhaps |
| 49% | CREAK | 5 | Noise from an old floorboard, perhaps |
| 49% | BRR | 3 | Cry from an Arctic tourist, perhaps |
| 49% | HANDMEDOWN | 10 | Garment from an older sibling, perhaps |
| 48% | OLLIE | 5 | "Stan & ___" (2018 film about an early 20th century comedy duo) |
| 48% | SCHWA | 5 | Sound from an "a," "e," "i," "o," or "u," perhaps |
| 45% | RESEAT | 6 | Move into or from an exit row, perhaps |
| 45% | UNEVEN | 6 | Like a cut from an amateur barber, perhaps |
| 44% | NAPOLEON | 8 | Gold 20-franc French coin from early 19th century |
| 43% | DID | 3 | "Look what you ___!" (cry from an angry parent, perhaps) |
| 43% | OFF | 3 | ___ the record (request from an interviewee, perhaps) |
| 42% | MANETPROFIT | 11 | Gain from flipping an early Impressionist painting? |
| 42% | HARLEM | 6 | Neighborhood with an early 20th-century Renaissance |