| 100% | LASERBEAM | 9 | Intense ray of light used to erase a tattoo: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DELETEKEY | 9 | Button pushed to erase a letter: 2 wds. |
| 39% | INKIN | 5 | To make a tattoo more permanent: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HIGHSIGN | 8 | Gesture used to signal a warning: 2 wds. |
| 37% | IMIN | 4 | Used to agree to a plan: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LASERBEAM | 9 | Thin ray of light (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LIPLINERS | 9 | Makeup pencils used to shape the outer part of the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GINGERALE | 9 | Soda typically used to make a Shirley Temple mocktail: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NANNYCAM | 8 | Video device used to monitor a childcare provider: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PINECONE | 8 | Spiky item used to decorate a Christmas wreath: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PROBONO | 7 | Free of charge, to a lawyer: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CATSCAN | 7 | Kind of X-ray used to study the human brain: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 33% | NEWNORMAL | 9 | What we have to get used to after a crisis: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ICEBAG | 6 | Item used to treat a sprained ankle (2 wds.) |
| 33% | COLORSIN | 8 | Uses crayons to fill a drawing (2 wds.) |
| 33% | INK | 3 | Fluid used to make a tattoo |
| 32% | HOTAIR | 6 | ___ Balloon, a popular light aircraft which uses heat from a flame to fly: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TODO | 4 | A list of tasks to be performed: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ISEE | 4 | 2 wds to show understanding of something |
| 32% | EON | 3 | Used to describe a huge amount of time |
| 32% | MATCH | 5 | Stick used to light a cigar |
| 32% | ASMY | 4 | "___ father used to say ...": 2 wds. |
| 31% | TOPTEN | 6 | Type of list that David Letterman used to read: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MADAM | 5 | Used to address a woman of high social status |
| 31% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEALTIN | 7 | Gave a hand of cards to: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KINDLING | 8 | Dry sticks used to light a fire |
| 31% | MATCH | 5 | Wooden stick used to light a fire |
| 31% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | One of two singers to win 33-Across three times as a solo artist: 2 wds. |