| 100% | PULLET | 6 | Hen that is younger than a year |
| 47% | TOWN | 4 | A settlement that is smaller than a city |
| 47% | THIRTIES | 8 | Decade that is less than a decade away |
| 46% | GUINEAPIG | 9 | Pet rodent that is larger than a hamster |
| 46% | PEARS | 5 | Fruits that are a little grittier than apples |
| 45% | NOVELLA | 7 | Fictional prose that is longer than a short story |
| 45% | YDS | 3 | Measurements that are a little shorter than meters: Abbr. |
| 44% | SHORTFILM | 9 | A movie that is less than forty minutes |
| 43% | APPLIED | 7 | A field that is practical rather than academic |
| 43% | PULLET | 6 | Young hen under a year old |
| 43% | INSIDE | 6 | "___ Weddings," wedding magazine that is published four times a year, once every season |
| 43% | HILL | 4 | Elevated natural feature smaller than a mountain that is usually curved in shape |
| 43% | TONYS | 5 | Awards show that was hosted three years in a row by Ariana DeBose |
| 42% | VINTAGE | 7 | Term that describes the year a wine was produced |
| 42% | ESTD | 4 | Abbr. that precedes the year a business was founded |
| 42% | NANO | 4 | 33-Across version that was smaller than a Mini |
| 42% | ROME | 4 | City that took more than a day to be built |
| 41% | SOFA | 4 | San Jose arts and cultural district that was a red light district 40 years ago |
| 41% | AGO | 3 | "That was a million years ___" |
| 41% | DAY | 3 | Period on Venus that's longer than a year on Venus (!) |
| 41% | ARALSEA | 7 | Body that's a lot thinner than it used to be |
| 41% | EYAS | 4 | A young hawk that is being prepared for Falconry |
| 41% | FISH | 4 | Animal group that's been around for more than 500 million years |
| 40% | OCEANS | 6 | "___ 11," 1960 thriller film starring Frank Sinatra that is about a heist on New Year's Eve |
| 40% | YES | 3 | Nonprofit magazine that was profiled on Neil Young's 2015 tour promoting his "The Monsanto Years" album |
| 40% | SEALEVEL | 8 | Baseline that the "Mile High City" is a mile higher than: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the title of a Neil Young song (where Cleveland is) |
| 40% | OLD | 3 | Like a joke that was funny years ago, say |
| 39% | FREERANGE | 9 | Hens that are not kept in cages |
| 39% | SEVENTY | 7 | Number of years that a couple have been married when celebrating a platinum anniversary |