| 100% | BREADDOUGH | 10 | It's often designed to rise |
| 56% | URGE | 4 | It's often hard to resist? |
| 56% | CREAM | 5 | It's often added to coffee |
| 56% | FLUORIDE | 8 | It's often added to water |
| 55% | EAR | 3 | It's often next to a phone |
| 55% | JIG | 3 | It's often said to be "up" |
| 55% | UIE | 3 | It's often illegal to hang one |
| 55% | TAICHI | 6 | It's often practiced to live longer |
| 55% | ROMATOMATO | 10 | It's often used to make paste |
| 55% | CROCKPOT | 8 | It's often left to stew overnight |
| 55% | GRACE | 5 | It's often hard to maintain under pressure |
| 55% | TAX | 3 | It's often added to the retail price |
| 55% | ESP | 3 | It's often considered to be pseudoscientific: Abbr. |
| 55% | SALT | 4 | It’s often seen next to pepper |
| 55% | PEN | 3 | It's often "clicked" to start writing |
| 54% | TIP | 3 | It's often equal to 20% of the bill |
| 54% | STROP | 5 | It's often seen next to a chair |
| 53% | DNA | 3 | It's often used to determine paternity on "Maury": Abbr. |
| 53% | ONEPIN | 6 | It's often the first to be knocked over |
| 53% | WEB | 3 | It's designed to catch bugs |
| 53% | MAGENTA | 7 | It's close to rose |
| 52% | TIES | 4 | It's often nail-biting to watch them get broken |
| 52% | DOUBLEBED | 9 | It's designed to sleep two people |
| 51% | DOOR | 4 | It's often pushed when it's supposed to be pulled |
| 51% | TAXI | 4 | It's often painted Dupont M6284 Yellow, to be totally specific |
| 50% | SARCASM | 7 | It’s often hard to detect in print |
| 49% | TASTE | 5 | It's often unaccounted for ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 48% | GERMANEWEBOAT | 13 | Vessel from Hamburg designed to save the county's sheep from rising oceans? |
| 48% | DEE | 3 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia character often cruelly compared to a bird |
| 48% | ALLERGYTEST | 11 | It’s designed to get a reaction out of you |