| 100% | FICT | 4 | Half of a best-seller list: Abbr. |
| 61% | MEARA | 5 | Half of a well-known comedy duo |
| 61% | DRJEKYLL | 8 | Half of a good-and-evil pair |
| 58% | AFL | 3 | Half of a noted 1955 merger: Abbr. |
| 57% | AFL | 3 | Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr. |
| 57% | CIO | 3 | Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr. |
| 57% | TBSP | 4 | Half of a fluid ounce: Abbr. |
| 56% | DOE | 3 | Better half of a buck |
| 55% | ALA | 3 | Start of a well-known roll call: Abbr. |
| 54% | ENS | 3 | Wearer of a half-inch stripe: Abbr. |
| 54% | GSPOT | 5 | Subject of a 1982 best seller |
| 54% | ERMA | 4 | "Aunt" of a 1979 best seller |
| 53% | MADDER | 6 | Rose of a Stephen King best seller |
| 53% | TSGARP | 6 | Hero of a John Irving best seller |
| 52% | GSPOT | 5 | Subject of a 1982 best seller on sexuality |
| 52% | GONE | 4 | Start of a 1936 best seller's title |
| 52% | ENS | 3 | Wearer of a half-inch gold bar: Abbr. |
| 52% | ENS | 3 | Wearer of a half-inch gold stripe: Abbr. |
| 52% | ETC | 3 | Catchall at the end of a list: Abbr. |
| 52% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. after a list of names |
| 52% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. in a list of references |
| 52% | TBSP | 4 | Half of a fluid ounce (abbr.) |
| 52% | REDOCTOBER | 10 | Object of a hunt in a 1984 best seller |
| 52% | TITANIC | 7 | Subject of a Clive Cussler best seller, with "the" |
| 52% | LIES | 4 | Title start of a 2003 Al Franken best seller |
| 51% | GPA | 3 | A good one could get you on the Dean's List: Abbr. |
| 51% | ETC | 3 | "And so on," at the end of a list: Abbr. |
| 51% | ETC | 3 | "And so forth" (at the end of a list): Abbr. |
| 50% | SOU | 3 | Topic of many a best seller |
| 50% | ETC | 3 | It means "and others" at the end of a list: Abbr. |