| 100% | ACRID | 5 | Harsh and dry around top of crater |
| 38% | CORNICE | 7 | Decorative edging around top of curtains, ceiling |
| 37% | DOMES | 5 | Tops of many cathedrals and temples |
| 35% | BURN | 4 | Singe top of branch and run off |
| 35% | BURST | 5 | Crack top of bath and rust develops |
| 35% | BEDSPREADS | 10 | Decorations on top of sheets and blankets |
| 35% | CRUMBLE | 7 | Dessert topping of flour and butter, like sand |
| 34% | ROOFER | 6 | Gets on top of a house and attaches shingles |
| 34% | DOTS | 4 | Marks on top of i's and j's |
| 34% | FLORENCEILING | 13 | Top and bottom of an Italian room? |
| 34% | DADOORONRON | 11 | Top 3 hit of 1963 and 1977 |
| 34% | STEEPLE | 7 | Top tower and spire of a church |
| 33% | PLOPPING | 8 | Gathering curls on top of the head while they dry |
| 33% | AONE | 4 | Top notch and of the highest rank: Hyph. |
| 33% | LIEGE | 5 | Top and bottom of the feudal food chain |
| 33% | SPIN | 4 | Go around and around like a top |
| 33% | ALLSPICE | 8 | Dried berry with flavors of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon |
| 32% | WRY | 3 | Type of humor and rhymes with dry |
| 32% | POLES | 5 | The top and bottom of the Earth |
| 32% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Star of Top Gun and Mission: Impossible |
| 32% | DEIMOS | 6 | Home of the Swift and Voltaire craters |
| 32% | EROS | 4 | Site of the craters Casanova and Valentine |
| 32% | DEEWALLACE | 10 | Top-billed star of "The Howling," "Cujo," and "E.T." |
| 32% | OLOROSO | 7 | Type of Spanish sherry, dry, spicy and aged |
| 32% | FANCYPASSING | 12 | Extravagant and elaborate way of going around slowpokes? |
| 32% | INNING | 6 | It consists of a top and a bottom |
| 32% | POTPOURRI | 9 | Fragrant mix of dried flowers, bark and seeds |
| 32% | HARISSA | 7 | Middle Eastern paste of dried tomatoes and peppers |
| 32% | TOMPETTY | 8 | Stevie Nicks's duet partner (also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) on the 1981 top 10 hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around": 2 wds. |
| 32% | GANACHE | 7 | Cake topping, filling, made of chocolate and cream |