| 100% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 92% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 83% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun in Greek mythology |
| 80% | ICARUS | 6 | Flew too close to the sun and fell in a Greek myth |
| 76% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure in Greek myth who flew too close to the sun |
| 76% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun |
| 75% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 67% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure from Greek myths who flew too close to the sun |
| 65% | OVERREACHES | 11 | Flies too close to the sun |
| 65% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical character who flew too close to the sun |
| 65% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 65% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological son who flew too close to the Sun |
| 65% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythological figure who flew too close to the sun |
| 61% | ICARUS | 6 | Boy with wax wings that flew too close to the sun |
| 61% | ICARUS | 6 | The man who flew too close to the sun |
| 49% | MELT | 4 | Do as the 1-Across did when Icarus flew too close to the sun |
| 48% | EDGE | 4 | Get too close to the ___ (be in danger of falling) |
| 47% | ICARUS | 6 | Mythical figure who inspired the idiom "fly too close to the sun" |
| 47% | TAILGATE | 8 | To drive too close to the car in front |
| 46% | COMET | 5 | One might fly close to the sun |
| 43% | INSIDE | 6 | Too close to the batter |
| 43% | CENTAURI | 8 | Proxima __; star closest to the sun |
| 42% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet closest to the sun |
| 41% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet that is closest to the sun |
| 41% | MERCURY | 7 | Freddie or planet closest to the sun |
| 41% | BRAISEDEYEBROWS | 15 | Result of getting too close to the campfire? |
| 40% | INSIDE | 6 | Close to the batter, in pitching terminology |
| 38% | MERCURY | 7 | Closest planet to the sun |
| 38% | PERIHELION | 10 | *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun |
| 37% | ROW | 3 | Front ___ (seat location closest to the stage in a theater) |