| 100% | AFORE | 5 | In advance of, in poems |
| 75% | ERE | 3 | In advance of |
| 75% | PRIORTO | 7 | In advance of |
| 74% | AFORE | 5 | In advance of, archaically |
| 74% | ERE | 3 | In advance of, archaically |
| 74% | AFORE | 5 | In advance of, quaintly |
| 71% | STUDYFOR | 8 | Prepare in advance of |
| 70% | BEFORE | 6 | In advance of, prior to an event |
| 69% | MIDST | 5 | In the center of, in poems |
| 69% | LEADSINGLE | 10 | Release in advance of an album |
| 68% | GRE | 3 | Test in advance of an advanced deg. |
| 68% | HAB | 3 | Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery) |
| 67% | OLD | 3 | Advanced in terms of years |
| 67% | PRETEXT | 7 | Excuse or reason in advance of doing something |
| 65% | ODES | 4 | Poems written in praise of someone/something |
| 65% | ODES | 4 | Poems written in praise of a person |
| 64% | BATCHES | 7 | Groups of meals baked in advance |
| 64% | SPOILER | 7 | Revelation of a storyline in advance |
| 64% | PREPAYS | 7 | Takes care of charges in advance |
| 64% | ELDEST | 6 | Most advanced in years of siblings |
| 63% | ODES | 4 | Lyric poems in praise of a person |
| 63% | ELD | 3 | "Former times," in poems (anagram of "del") |
| 62% | BATCHCOOK | 9 | Prepare a large quantity of meals in advance |
| 62% | SMA | 3 | Kind of request in a Robert Burns poem |
| 61% | ANTED | 5 | Put forward an amount of money in advance, like in poker |
| 60% | TANKA | 5 | Poem of 31 syllables in five lines |
| 59% | PREP | 4 | Meal ___ (process of planning and cooking dinners in advance, say) |
| 59% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Moon in Uranus named after a character of a poem |
| 59% | STANZA | 6 | Group of lines in a poem |
| 58% | BAX | 3 | Arnold —, English composer of symphonic poem Tintagel which premiered in 1921 |