| 100% | SAILOR | 6 | Hearty, to an old captain |
| 58% | ISAY | 4 | Words to an old chap? |
| 58% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to an old beat |
| 58% | ISAY | 4 | Words to an old chap |
| 58% | OLDEN | 5 | Related to an old age |
| 58% | ALUM | 4 | Visitor to an old prof |
| 58% | EBON | 4 | Black, to an old poet |
| 58% | ISAY | 4 | Exclamation to an old chap |
| 57% | ALUM | 4 | Visitor to an old prof, perhaps |
| 57% | TRAPSET | 7 | Drum kit, to an old-timer |
| 57% | GAT | 3 | Firearm to an old school gangster |
| 57% | REJOIN | 6 | Go back to an old club |
| 57% | YON | 3 | Over there, to an old poet |
| 56% | ESTELLE | 7 | Name related to an Old Testament queen |
| 56% | OER | 3 | Not under, to an old-timey poet |
| 56% | LIPS | 4 | *Naval threats, according to an old saying |
| 56% | PEST | 4 | Little brother, to an older sibling, say |
| 55% | REHASH | 6 | Give a new shape to an old idea |
| 55% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle) |
| 55% | CHINA | 5 | Set traditionally handed down to an eldest daughter |
| 55% | SURFER | 6 | Silver __, term ascribed to an older internet user |
| 55% | YESMAAM | 7 | Polite response to an older woman (2 wds.) |
| 54% | YESM | 4 | Respectful reply to an elder woman, in old times |
| 54% | BAABAA | 6 | Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody |
| 54% | NEWTRICKS | 9 | You can't teach these to an old dog |
| 53% | POETS | 5 | They're "born, not made," according to an old saying |
| 53% | NINELIVES | 9 | Cat's blessing, according to an old proverb: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SAG | 3 | What an old mattress may start to do |
| 51% | SAG | 3 | What an old sofa may start to do |
| 50% | STALLTHEKINGSMEN | 16 | Order from an old English outlaw to his cohorts? |