| 100% | RHYME | 5 | It's hard to do with "orange" |
| 72% | WATERSKI | 8 | It's hard to do this barefoot |
| 70% | PUTITDOWN | 9 | It's hard to do this to a good book |
| 63% | PEDAL | 5 | What it's harder to do on an exercise bike when you increase the resistance |
| 62% | SLANG | 5 | It’s hard to keep up with on the Internet |
| 62% | NERF | 4 | Kind of ball it's hard to hurt anyone with |
| 61% | TURNER | 6 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer |
| 61% | TINATURNER | 10 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer |
| 60% | TINA | 4 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" singer Turner |
| 60% | TINA | 4 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" singer ___ Turner |
| 60% | TINA | 4 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" vocalist Turner |
| 60% | TURNER | 6 | What's Love Got to Do with It singer Tina |
| 60% | WASNTME | 7 | "I had nothing to do with it" |
| 59% | TINA | 4 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" Grammy winner Turner |
| 59% | MAEWEST | 7 | "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" autobiographer |
| 59% | WASNTME | 7 | "Hey, I had nothing to do with it" |
| 58% | RED | 3 | It mixes with yellow to make orange |
| 58% | MAE | 3 | West who wrote "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" |
| 58% | DONTLOOKATME | 12 | “I had nothing to do with it!” . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle’s clues |
| 57% | TINA | 4 | Turner who sang "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 57% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, singer of "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
| 57% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner who sang "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 57% | TINA | 4 | Turner who sang “What’s Love Got to Do with It” |
| 57% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography adapted for ''What's Love Got to Do With It'' |
| 56% | TALE | 4 | It's hard to believe |
| 56% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | It's hard to say |
| 56% | EYECATCHER | 10 | It's hard to miss |
| 56% | TRIKE | 5 | It's hard to tip |
| 56% | SPITBALL | 8 | It's hard to hit |
| 56% | SAGA | 4 | It's hard to tell |