| 100% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 81% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure in Greek myth who flew too close to the sun |
| 76% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 76% | ICARUS | 6 | Flew too close to the sun and fell in a Greek myth |
| 73% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 72% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure from Greek myths who flew too close to the sun |
| 70% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical character who flew too close to the sun |
| 70% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 70% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological son who flew too close to the Sun |
| 70% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 68% | ICARUS | 6 | The man who flew too close to the sun |
| 67% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun in Greek mythology |
| 62% | OVERREACHES | 11 | Flies too close to the sun |
| 60% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun |
| 58% | ICARUS | 6 | Boy with wax wings that flew too close to the sun |
| 53% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical figure who inspired the idiom "fly too close to the sun" |
| 53% | COMET | 5 | One might fly close to the sun |
| 46% | SANTA | 5 | One who flies south in the winter |
| 46% | MELT | 4 | Do as the 1-Across did when Icarus flew too close to the sun |
| 46% | EDGE | 4 | Get too close to the ___ (be in danger of falling) |
| 45% | TAILGATE | 8 | To drive too close to the car in front |
| 44% | WINO | 4 | One who indulges too much in the grape |
| 44% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | One who blabs to the cops, in mafia lingo |
| 42% | MOM | 3 | One who tells you to not roll around in the dirt, maybe |
| 42% | BRANSON | 7 | Richard who flew to the edge of space in 2021 |
| 41% | INSIDE | 6 | Too close to the batter |
| 41% | PITCHER | 7 | In baseball, one who throws the ball to the batter |
| 40% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet closest to the sun |
| 40% | CHITS | 5 | Notes of indebtedness to the one who trounced you in the weekend poker game |