| 100% | HEADINGOFF | 10 | Intercepting, as at the pass |
| 62% | INTERCEPT | 9 | Cut off at the pass |
| 58% | BENT | 4 | Flexed, as at the elbow |
| 58% | RUBON | 5 | Apply, as at the beach |
| 58% | GAZE | 4 | Stare, as at the sky |
| 57% | GAZE | 4 | Look steadily, as at the stars |
| 57% | PAT | 3 | ___ down (frisk, as at the airport) |
| 57% | SPAYED | 6 | Fixed, as at the vet's |
| 56% | EARNS | 5 | Takes in, as at the box office |
| 56% | CARD | 4 | Check for ID, as at the bar |
| 56% | EXERT | 5 | Put forth effort, as at the gym |
| 56% | TANK | 4 | Fail ignominiously, as at the box office |
| 55% | ONSITE | 6 | At the workplace, as training |
| 55% | WHILE | 5 | At the same time as |
| 55% | ROASTED | 7 | Honored with insults, as at the Friars Club |
| 54% | SNUB | 4 | Lack of an expected nomination, as at the Oscars |
| 54% | OVERDOIT | 8 | Go too far, as at the gym: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MAXEDOUT | 8 | At the limit, as a credit card |
| 53% | DRAWS | 5 | Takes tiles, as at the start of a Scrabble game |
| 53% | REBAG | 5 | Put in a different sack, as at the grocery store |
| 53% | BOWTO | 5 | Greet formally, as at the start of a sumo match |
| 53% | SUNK | 4 | At the ocean's bottom, as a ship |
| 53% | RIPEST | 6 | At the peak of maturity, as an apple |
| 53% | ATOP | 4 | At the highest point, as of a mountain |
| 53% | OBOVATE | 7 | Narrow at the base, as leaves |
| 53% | OBLATE | 6 | Squeezed at the ends, as leaves |
| 53% | KEEPPACEWITH | 12 | Proceed at the same speed as |
| 53% | OBLATE | 6 | Flattened at the extremes, as Earth |
| 53% | OBLATE | 6 | Flattened at the poles, as Earth |
| 52% | EVASE | 5 | Widened at the top, as an urn |