| 100% | HAVEL | 5 | He said, “There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them” |
| 32% | ADLAIESTEVENSON | 15 | He said "In America, anybody can be president; that's one of the risks you take" |
| 31% | INBED | 5 | Words that can be added to the end of any fortune cookie, it's said |
| 31% | ADDAMS | 6 | Surname of a family whose members can be found in nine rows in this puzzle ... and whose names contain circled letters that, reading down, spell a word describing them |
| 30% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 28% | ABCS | 4 | They can be sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" |
| 28% | STUART | 6 | First name of an E. B. White character who says that “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone” |
| 28% | EMS | 3 | They can be seen in the middle of summer |
| 28% | EGS | 3 | I'm happy to say that there are none of these in this puzzle's clues! |
| 28% | ABCS | 4 | They can be sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" |
| 28% | NOB | 3 | One of wealth and standing in Britain ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 28% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 27% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 27% | IMONTHEPHONE | 12 | Mouthed words that can also be said while doing the ends of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 27% | ASBESTOS | 8 | Harmful fibers that can be breathed in |
| 27% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 27% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 27% | TIKKA | 5 | Word that can be translated as “small pieces of meat” |
| 27% | SAND | 4 | *Did you know that there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of ___ on Earth? |
| 27% | TEAM | 4 | They say there's no "I" in this |
| 27% | AMALE | 5 | "No more mercy in him than there is milk in ___ tiger": Shak. |
| 27% | DOWNPLAY | 8 | Say that something's less important than it is |
| 27% | CHARLESDEGAULLE | 15 | He said "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 kinds of cheese?" |
| 26% | CHIPS | 5 | Salty potato snacks that can be found in a bag of Lays |
| 26% | CODE | 4 | Word that can be followed by any of several colors |
| 26% | ANTONYMS | 8 | Pairs of words that are opposite in meaning |
| 26% | EIGHT | 5 | Number of words that are in this clue |
| 26% | LITTLEONE | 9 | He said "Roll over" when there were 10 in the bed |
| 26% | THEMATRIX | 9 | There is no spoon says a bald boy in this movie |
| 26% | NOUN | 4 | Type of word that can be "common" or "proper" |