| 100% | THROB | 5 | Hurt like your thumb after being clobbered by a hammer |
| 34% | SANDY | 5 | Like your feet after a beach day |
| 34% | NUMB | 4 | Like your mouth after a shot of Novocain |
| 32% | WET | 3 | Like your clothes after you've been caught in the rain |
| 32% | ESCAPEE | 7 | A prison __ is sought after by law enforcement |
| 31% | POPPSYCHOLOGY | 13 | Weasel's mindset after being chased by a monkey? |
| 31% | SHORN | 5 | Like a sheep, after its wool is cut off |
| 31% | ASHY | 4 | Like a barbecue pit after it's been used |
| 31% | MOWN | 4 | Like a lawn after the grass has been cut |
| 31% | HAIRY | 5 | Like pants after a cat sits on your lap, perhaps |
| 31% | CARPENTERRANTS | 14 | Things heard after thumbs are hit with hammers? |
| 31% | ASHY | 4 | Like a hibachi after being used |
| 31% | GONE | 4 | Call after a hammer is hit |
| 30% | EERIE | 5 | Like waking up to a child silently standing by your bed |
| 30% | ONEND | 5 | Like hair after being rubbed with a balloon, maybe |
| 30% | SUCKER | 6 | __ punch is thrown after a lapse by the opponent |
| 30% | LOOSER | 6 | Like a screw after being turned counterclockwise |
| 30% | MUSH | 4 | What your brain might feel like after a long day |
| 30% | FOLKSONGS | 9 | "If I Had a Hammer" and "This Land Is Your Land," for two: 2 wds. |
| 29% | STANDONONESFEED | 15 | Act like a hen after grain is thrown on the ground? |
| 29% | BULLYOFF | 8 | Method by which a game of hockey is restarted after a goal |
| 28% | ROPE | 4 | "Sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a ___": George Burns |
| 28% | DESK | 4 | “Why is a raven like a writing ___?”(riddle posed by the Mad Hatter) |
| 28% | ATHROB | 6 | Like a thumb struck with a hammer |
| 28% | BAM | 3 | Sound made by a hammer |
| 28% | NAILSET | 7 | Tool tapped by a hammer |
| 28% | HOW | 3 | "___ Deep Is Your Love," question posed by the Bee Gees in a 1977 single |
| 28% | LAKE | 4 | Waterbody like Superior or Erie, that may be a destination for your road trip |
| 28% | ONTAP | 5 | Like beer that can be easily poured by a bartender: 2 wds. |