| 100% | AGENTNOUN | 9 | In grammar, a word for the performer of a verb |
| 63% | STAR | 4 | A word for a performer, like what's in the sky |
| 57% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 56% | SPADE | 5 | One of the suits in a deck of cards, also word for shovel |
| 55% | PULL | 4 | Word on the front door of the Midvale School for the Gifted, in a famous "Far Side" cartoon |
| 54% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 53% | PER | 3 | Word in the middle of a rate |
| 53% | CASHMERE | 8 | Kind of expensive wool, the word for which comes from the Sanskrit word "Kashmir," a place in the Himalayas |
| 53% | KINETIC | 7 | Common term for the energy of a body in motion |
| 53% | POW | 3 | "Wham!" alternative for the sound of a punch in comics |
| 53% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 53% | ALAI | 4 | Word in the name of a pelota game |
| 53% | ASS | 3 | Word in the etymology of a ''silly'' synonym |
| 53% | LABOURS | 7 | Word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 53% | FREE | 4 | Word in the middle of a bingo card |
| 53% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |
| 52% | IMAGINE | 7 | Word at the center of a mosaic in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields |
| 52% | SPOONER | 7 | W A —, English clergyman renowned for his transposition of the initial consonants of a pair of words in a sentence |
| 52% | NOUN | 4 | Word for a person or a place, in grammar |
| 52% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of a TV news broadcast |
| 52% | RITE | 4 | Word in the title of a famous Stravinsky piece |
| 52% | SHU | 3 | Word in the name of a Chinese pork dish |
| 52% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONATHEME | 8 | Words in the title of a composer's homage |
| 52% | CAST | 4 | All of the performers in a movie |
| 52% | LIAR | 4 | Word repeated twice for the title of a legal comedy film starring Jim Carrey |
| 52% | BREA | 4 | Spanish word for "tar" in the name of an L.A. landmark |
| 52% | SERA | 4 | Word repeated in the title of a Doris Day hit |
| 52% | OMEN | 4 | The appearance of a butterfly in a home, for some |
| 52% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |