| 100% | PUPA | 4 | Insect stage that involves a cocoon |
| 60% | PUPA | 4 | Stage that includes a cocoon |
| 51% | FIGWASP | 7 | Insect that spends its larval stage inside a fruit |
| 45% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Puzzle that involves a quoted passage |
| 45% | CROSTIC | 7 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 45% | GAINER | 6 | Dive that involves a backward somersault |
| 45% | ACROSTIC | 8 | Word puzzle that involves a quotation |
| 45% | BAGCHECK | 8 | Airport procedure that involves a scale |
| 45% | PAPTEST | 7 | Diagnostic procedure that involves a smear |
| 45% | PAINTING | 8 | Art form that involves a brush |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Sleep stage that involves vivid dreams: Abbr. |
| 44% | BACKSLAP | 8 | Hearty greeting that involves a friendly smack |
| 44% | USHER | 5 | Job that involves a lot of sweating |
| 44% | BLACKJ | 6 | Activity that involves a lot of hits |
| 43% | NIMBLE | 6 | "Jack, be ___ ... " (nursery rhyme that involves a candlestick) |
| 43% | DRAMA | 5 | Film genre that involves a serious narrative (comedy alternative) |
| 43% | MONTYHAUL | 9 | Name for gameplay that involves a lot of loot |
| 42% | BABA | 4 | "Ali ___ Bunny" (Bugs Bunny cartoon that involved a genie) |
| 42% | KARAOKE | 7 | Activity that involves a microphone and lyrics on a screen |
| 42% | DOWN | 4 | "Party ___," sitcom starring Adam Scott that involves a catering group |
| 42% | AMNESIA | 7 | TV plot device that involves a character losing their memory |
| 42% | MANICURIST | 10 | Job that involved a lot of cutting, filing and painting |
| 41% | LARVA | 5 | Insect stage such as a caterpillar |
| 41% | MYSTERYDATE | 11 | Game that involves opening a door |
| 41% | LIT | 3 | English ___ (college course that involves a lot of reading, for short) |
| 41% | OOP | 3 | Alley-___, move in basketball that involves a high jump and catch |
| 41% | WAR | 3 | Russian-Ukrainian ___ (conflict that involved a Russian invasion in February, 2022) |
| 41% | ARSON | 5 | Felony that involves illegally setting a fire |
| 41% | METHOD | 6 | Scientific ___ (process that involves forming a hypothesis) |
| 41% | PUPAS | 5 | Insects in a transformative stage |