| 100% | ATLOOSENDS | 10 | In the rear of some johns? |
| 61% | CRAFTSMEN | 9 | Workers at the rear of some flat boats? |
| 60% | BACKSEATDRIVERS | 15 | Woods stowed in the rear of a golf cart? |
| 56% | WERE | 4 | Prefix in the name of some cryptids |
| 56% | COBRAS | 6 | Reptiles in the logos of some dojos |
| 55% | NEON | 4 | Word in the names of some bright colors |
| 55% | ADE | 3 | Ending in the names of some sweet beverages |
| 55% | LIVE | 4 | Word in the corner of some news broadcasts |
| 55% | ADE | 3 | Suffix in the names of some sweet beverages |
| 55% | CCTV | 4 | Letters in the corner of some grainy videos |
| 55% | ADE | 3 | Ending in the names of some sweet drinks |
| 55% | OLDE | 4 | Adjective in the names of some Renaissance Faire shoppes |
| 55% | NEON | 4 | Word in the name of some bright highlighter colors |
| 54% | WASP | 4 | Target of some humor in The New Yorker |
| 54% | SIDEWALK | 8 | Site of some summer suppers in the city |
| 53% | ETNA | 4 | Volcano in the background of some shots in “The White Lotus” |
| 53% | PREP | 4 | Shortened word in the names of some private schools |
| 53% | ETS | 3 | Some warriors in "War of the Worlds" |
| 53% | OATES | 5 | John in the Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| 52% | PGATOUR | 7 | Home of some of the best drivers in No. America |
| 52% | ALA | 3 | French phrase in the names of some dishes: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TENORS | 6 | Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" |
| 52% | OREO | 4 | Cookie found in the glaze of some new Krispy Kreme donuts |
| 52% | ZECHARIAH | 9 | The father of John the Baptist in the Bible |
| 51% | STEINBECK | 9 | John —, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 51% | NASH | 4 | John —, designer of the Marble Arch monument in London |
| 51% | OMEN | 4 | The appearance of a butterfly in a home, for some |
| 51% | IGOR | 4 | Name of the assistant in some horror movies |
| 50% | LASSES | 6 | Some of those who "hail the new" in "Deck the Halls" |
| 50% | COEDS | 5 | Some University of Virginia undergrads in 1969, for the first time |