| 100% | BRIEFREDHOTPASTAIRED | 20 | History of short-lived indiscretion made public? |
| 42% | SHRIFT | 6 | Make short — of |
| 41% | TOSSOFF | 7 | Make short work of |
| 41% | ACING | 5 | Making short work of |
| 40% | ATE | 3 | Made short work of shortbread, say |
| 40% | ACEIT | 5 | Make short work of the test |
| 39% | ARBORIO | 7 | Type of short-grained rice used to make risotto |
| 39% | EASE | 4 | Live a life of ___ (have it made) |
| 39% | PATE | 4 | Spread sometimes made of liver |
| 39% | OBITS | 5 | Celebrations of lives, for short |
| 38% | BIO | 3 | Study of living organisms, for short |
| 38% | ROASTS | 6 | Makes fun of someone in a public, comedic manner |
| 37% | SAX | 3 | Woodwind instrument made of brass, for short |
| 37% | BIOS | 4 | Stories of people's lives, for short |
| 37% | SMOG | 4 | It might make you short of breath |
| 37% | OLDS | 4 | Discontinued make of GM cars, for short |
| 37% | BIOS | 4 | Descriptions of peoples' lives, for short |
| 37% | EPHEMERA | 8 | Items of short-lived use |
| 37% | SEC | 3 | Short period of time that’s been made even shorter? |
| 37% | BIOS | 4 | Tales of famous people's lives, for short |
| 37% | SECS | 4 | Sixty of them make a minute, for short |
| 37% | 15MINUTES | 9 | Figurative duration of short-lived fame |
| 36% | FORT | 4 | Living room structure that may be made of blankets and pillows |
| 36% | SUBJ | 4 | Branch of knowledge like history or geography, for short |
| 36% | AHOY | 4 | Exclamation that's made up of two shorter exclamations |
| 36% | BIO | 3 | Branch of science dealing with living things, for short |
| 36% | STAMPTAX | 8 | Short-lived levy of 1765 |
| 35% | PJS | 3 | Nighttime outfit that's often made of flannel, for short |
| 35% | DEB | 3 | Upper-class woman making her first public appearance, short form |
| 35% | OFFS | 4 | Suffix with "cut" to mean shorts made out of jeans |