| 100% | BAM | 3 | It's a hit in the comics |
| 63% | ISLE | 4 | It's a dot in the sea |
| 62% | SOMETHING | 9 | A hit by The Beatles, it's "in the way she moves" |
| 62% | IDEA | 4 | It's often symbolized by a lightbulb, in the comics |
| 59% | ONEBASE | 7 | What a walk in the ballpark will get you / (next line) It's spelled out in an Aretha Franklin hit |
| 59% | BAM | 3 | Big hit in the comics |
| 59% | MINUET | 6 | It's done in the form of an S or a Z |
| 57% | DELANO | 6 | It's the "D" in a presidential monogram |
| 56% | GTO | 3 | It's "really lookin' fine" in a 1964 hit |
| 55% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented by a light bulb in comic strips |
| 55% | SUN | 3 | It's blocked by the moon in a solar eclipse |
| 55% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a tennis court |
| 55% | ASL | 3 | It's sometimes seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |
| 54% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a court at Wimbledon |
| 54% | HALFMOON | 8 | It's seen in the middle of a quarter |
| 54% | OASIS | 5 | It has a spring in the middle |
| 54% | MOREL | 5 | It has a cap in the kitchen |
| 54% | ASL | 3 | It's sometimes shown in the corner of a TV screen, for short |
| 54% | PRADA | 5 | It's what the Devil wears, in a Meryl Streep film title |
| 54% | BEAT | 4 | "___ It," a hit single from Michael Jackson's album in 16a that won a Grammy for "Record of the Year" |
| 54% | KENTS | 5 | Smalltown, U.S.A., family, in the comics |
| 54% | KITE | 4 | It's like a diamond in the sky |
| 54% | LEADDOG | 7 | It's never a poodle in the Iditarod |
| 54% | CMD | 3 | It follows a chain in the military: Abbr. |
| 54% | KAZOO | 5 | It creates a buzz in the music world |
| 52% | LOI | 3 | It's passed in a sénat |
| 51% | JEST | 4 | It's said with a poke in the ribs |
| 51% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen hit) |
| 50% | SHALALA | 7 | Song syllables in the title of a 1964 hit |
| 50% | ILTROVATORE | 11 | It's featured in "A Night at the Opera" |