| 100% | HEPATITIS | 9 | Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or toxin |
| 52% | PNEUMONIA | 9 | Inflammation of the lungs by viruses or bacteria |
| 47% | INFECTION | 9 | Disease caused by a virus or bacteria |
| 42% | CIRRHOSIS | 9 | Progressive disease of the liver sometimes caused by excessive alcohol |
| 41% | PELLAGRA | 8 | Deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid in the diet |
| 40% | HEPATITIS | 9 | Inflammation of the liver |
| 39% | IDEOLOGY | 8 | The set of beliefs that a culture lives by |
| 39% | TIS | 3 | Inflammation of the liver, Hepati___ |
| 39% | DUMMY | 5 | "Night of the Living ___," 1993 "Goosebumps" book by R.L. Stine about a ventriloquist's puppet |
| 38% | HEAD | 4 | *Top of the body ... or a word made by changing one letter of 19a |
| 38% | AEGIS | 5 | Protection, or the name of a shield carried by Zeus |
| 38% | LOFTSPACE | 9 | Storage or living area in the roof of a house |
| 37% | JUSTHAVINGABALL | 15 | Living it up ... or a hint to the six groups of circled letters |
| 37% | SPARE | 5 | Bowling term ... or the name of a memoir by Prince Harry |
| 37% | WART | 4 | Skin woe often caused by a virus |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" artist |
| 37% | SALVADORDALI | 12 | "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" artist |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | “Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Waking” painter |
| 37% | THEATEAM | 8 | NBC action-adventure series of the 1980s, or a 2011 song by Ed Sheeran: 3 wds. |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | Who painted "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" |
| 36% | MAXIM | 5 | Words to live by, also the name of a popular men's magazine |
| 36% | BURSITIS | 8 | Inflammation of the elbow or knee joint |
| 36% | ANOMY | 5 | Term for societal alienation caused by a lack or disappearance of moral compass (var.) |
| 36% | BANE | 4 | "Boon or a ___" (also the name of Batman's nemesis played by Tom Hardy) |
| 36% | DEAL | 4 | *Pass out the cards ... or a word made by changing one letter of 25a |
| 36% | ACNE | 4 | Skin disorder caused by inflammation of the glands found chiefly in adolescents |
| 36% | CROWE | 5 | Sara —, 1991 Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Supporting Role Olivier Award-winner for Private Lives |
| 35% | SYNOVITIS | 9 | Painful inflammation of the lining of a joint |
| 35% | SCURVY | 6 | Disease caused by a lack of vitamin C |
| 35% | COMPLEXCOMPLEXCOMPLEX | 21 | Neurosis caused by a group of labyrinthine apartments? |