| 100% | ATBAT | 5 | In the box |
| 90% | ATBAT | 5 | Turn in the box |
| 88% | NEW | 3 | Still in the box, perhaps |
| 88% | PAAR | 4 | Jack in the box, once? |
| 88% | MINT | 4 | Still in the box, perhaps |
| 88% | KAYO | 4 | Wallop in the boxing ring |
| 88% | SPARS | 5 | Practices in the boxing ring |
| 88% | KAYO | 4 | Flatten in the boxing ring |
| 88% | SPAR | 4 | Train in the boxing ring |
| 88% | SPAR | 4 | Practice in the boxing ring |
| 87% | KOS | 3 | Defeats in the boxing ring: Abbr. |
| 87% | REF | 3 | Third man in the boxing ring |
| 86% | SHARPEST | 8 | Most quick-witted tool in the box |
| 83% | PENALTY | 7 | Result of a foul in the box, in soccer |
| 82% | MAILS | 5 | Drops in the letter box |
| 81% | KOS | 3 | Hits with a devastating punch in the boxing ring: Abbr. |
| 81% | IMET | 4 | The Box Tops' "___ Her in Church" |
| 80% | COFFIN | 6 | The box that Count Dracula sleeps in |
| 75% | ATL | 3 | The Braves, in box scores (Abbr.) |
| 74% | TEX | 3 | The Rangers, in a baseball box score |
| 71% | DENSE | 5 | Not the sharpest pencil in the box |
| 71% | CORNERMAN | 9 | In a boxing match, he usually coaches the fighter |
| 71% | UPPERCUT | 8 | In boxing, blow aimed at the chin from underneath |
| 70% | KAYOED | 6 | Put down for the count, in boxing |
| 70% | OVEN | 4 | Roasting box in the kitchen |
| 70% | BAR | 3 | Vertical box in the diagram |
| 68% | FUSE | 4 | Item in a box in the basement |
| 68% | PUNCHING | 8 | __ bag, for hitting at the gym or in boxing |
| 66% | ORANGE | 6 | What color is the black box in a commercial jet? |
| 66% | UNSENT | 6 | Still in the out-box, as mail |