| 100% | FATE | 4 | It "will find a way," according to Virgil |
| 58% | ORANGE | 6 | It is the New Black, according to a Netflix drama |
| 55% | SEAT | 4 | It could be hard to find on a crowded bus |
| 55% | HOE | 3 | It may be found next to a spade |
| 54% | AWOL | 4 | Nowhere to be found, in a way |
| 53% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 52% | MADEDO | 6 | Found a way to get by |
| 52% | XXXXX | 5 | Finds a way to keep going |
| 52% | COPES | 5 | Finds a way to get by |
| 51% | DINNERTIME | 10 | According to Jacob's Creek, an Australian winemaker, a survey in 2007 found this to be 7:47pm in the UK |
| 51% | CARDED | 6 | Found to be legal, in a way |
| 50% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 50% | BAKER | 5 | "I used to be a ___ until I found out I was in it for the dough!" |
| 50% | GOCOMMANDO | 10 | A way to be underdressed |
| 50% | TWAS | 4 | It was, to a poet |
| 49% | AUTOMATE | 8 | Find a way to have a robot do a job |
| 49% | SIGNAGE | 7 | A way to find your way |
| 49% | THESAURUS | 9 | A way to find another word |
| 49% | ILL | 3 | A way to be at ease |
| 49% | PASTEUR | 7 | He found a way to prevent liquids from souring |
| 48% | STAMP | 5 | It is usually found in a corner |
| 48% | RIPCORD | 7 | It is pulled to open a parachute |
| 48% | TIDEPOD | 7 | It was once a challenge to eat |
| 48% | WIDTH | 5 | It is multiplied by height to find area |
| 47% | PEN | 3 | It is mightier than the sword, according to some |
| 47% | PEN | 3 | It is said to be mightier than a sword |
| 47% | HORSEFLY | 8 | It would take a tiny jockey to ride one |
| 47% | HYPOCRISY | 9 | It is a homage that vice pays to virtue |
| 47% | ATAP | 4 | It is needed to serve beer from a keg |
| 47% | HAMMER | 6 | It is used to drive nails into a wall |