| 100% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit cup |
| 48% | DOC | 3 | The mysterious personage that Bugs always seems to be addressing |
| 48% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 48% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 47% | WHEW | 4 | Word that corresponds to the emoji with a grinning face, beads of sweat and seems to be wiping its brow |
| 46% | EMIL | 4 | Name that anagrams to the name of a citrus fruit |
| 45% | LEMON | 5 | Citrus fruit that might be squeezed into a cup of tea |
| 45% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 44% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 44% | HARDEST | 7 | "Sorry Seems to Be the ___ Word," a hit by Elton John, that was covered by Blue in "One Love" |
| 44% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 44% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 43% | SWEET | 5 | The kind of dishes that are served before fruits in a multi-course meal |
| 43% | FOUND | 5 | ___ to be missing, oxymoron that describes the case of a missing Christmas pie |
| 43% | APPEARMARKED | 12 | Seem to be the kind of decks employed by cheats? |
| 43% | LIBERTY | 7 | The Statue of ___, symbol of alliance that was a gift from France to the US |
| 43% | LEMON | 5 | Yellow citrus fruit that is often squeezed into a steaming cup of tea |
| 42% | MOO | 3 | Type of game that "Sindome" is which is an example of a precursor to the MMORPGs of today |
| 42% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |
| 42% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 42% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 42% | AREA | 4 | ___ 51, said to be a government facility that is the subject of UFO conspiracy theories |
| 42% | WATER | 5 | ___ Bearer, shape of a human that is said to be represented by the constellation Aquarius |
| 42% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking giant of the '00s that was the first to reach a global audience |
| 42% | CHAOS | 5 | Controlled ___, oxymoron used to describe a situation that seems to be out of control but has some factors in control |
| 42% | URHAMLET | 8 | Lost manuscript said to be the source of a Shakespeare classic |
| 41% | DROPIT | 6 | "That'll be enough of that subject" ... and a hint to solving the answers to starred clues |
| 41% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Country that's east of the Czech Republic (the two used to be a single nation) |
| 41% | MORIA | 5 | Underground kingdom known as Khazad-dum that used to be a famed realm of the Dwarves |
| 41% | ANT | 3 | Bug that the more than 1 million members of a certain Facebook group pretend to be |