| 100% | THEROAD | 7 | In phrases, something to share or hit |
| 64% | ALEG | 4 | Something to break or shake, in phrase |
| 52% | ANEAR | 5 | Something to be lent, in phrase |
| 52% | AUTO | 4 | Something to go in ... or on |
| 52% | PAD | 3 | Something to write on or crash in |
| 52% | PERCH | 5 | Something to rest on or reel in |
| 50% | LOT | 3 | Something to bid on, build on, or park in |
| 50% | EXCHANGINGRINGS | 15 | Sharing in a symbol of commitment … or what four rows in this puzzle are doing to form new phrases |
| 50% | BOOTY | 5 | Something to "shake, shake, shake," in a 1970s #1 hit |
| 49% | SLED | 4 | Something to stand on, or run behind, in the Iditarod |
| 49% | LOT | 3 | Something to film on, bid on, build on, or park in |
| 49% | ANEAR | 5 | Something lent or bent, in a phrase |
| 49% | BELIEVE | 7 | To have faith in someone or something |
| 48% | PAYDIRT | 7 | To hit __, to find something important or valuable |
| 48% | GAWK | 4 | To stare at something in surprise or wonder |
| 47% | ETCH | 4 | To carve something in stone, or on a tree |
| 47% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 47% | PLUNGE | 6 | To dive into or immerse something in deep water |
| 47% | BEFORE | 6 | Prior to or in front of something |
| 46% | THAW | 4 | To unfreeze something, or warm it slowly as in winter |
| 46% | IMAGINE | 7 | To see or create something in a person's mind |
| 46% | MNEMONIC | 8 | A poem or phrase to help remember something |
| 46% | OGLE | 4 | To gawk at or stare at something in a bad way |
| 44% | IMA | 3 | Lead-in to "Man," "Woman" or "Fool" in Top 40 hits |
| 44% | SLUR | 4 | In music, to perform smoothly a melodic phrase of two or more notes |
| 43% | HAYSTACK | 8 | Needle in a __, or something difficult to find |
| 43% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | 17-Across hit ... or a hint to four connected answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Something to share with a close friend? |
| 42% | BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER | 20 | Hit Mach I … or a hint to answering eight pairs of consecutive entries in this puzzle |
| 42% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Burlesque act, or read phonetically, how to make phrases like five in this puzzle |