| 100% | OMISSION | 8 | It is a sin as well as commission |
| 53% | TNT | 3 | What was originally used as a yellow dye before its best-known property was discovered |
| 52% | OMISSION | 8 | It may be a sin |
| 51% | REVENGE | 7 | It is a dish best served cold |
| 48% | SALT | 4 | A seasoning so valuable that it was once used as currency |
| 48% | NEITHERDOI | 10 | "Yeah, it's a no for me as well" |
| 48% | REACH | 5 | Extend a hand as far as it will go |
| 47% | PLUTO | 5 | It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 47% | MONO | 4 | Glandular fever, as it is better known |
| 47% | ALSORAN | 7 | Managed as well to be a nonentity |
| 47% | REWOUND | 7 | Put a tape back as it was |
| 47% | XXX | 3 | Half a candy bar, as it were |
| 46% | STET | 4 | Leave a section of writing as it is |
| 46% | APOEM | 5 | It's said to be not as lovely as a tree |
| 46% | OTHELLO | 7 | His opening line is "'Tis better as it is" |
| 45% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 45% | FRY | 3 | Get a little too much sun, as it were |
| 45% | RIOTACT | 7 | It may be read as a warning |
| 45% | WALL | 4 | It might be thick as a brick |
| 45% | RNA | 3 | Its components are often represented as G, U, A, and C, briefly |
| 45% | INVERSE | 7 | The opposite sounds like it is written as a poem? |
| 45% | PEN | 3 | It used to be light as a feather |
| 45% | OMEN | 4 | It could be seen as a bad sign |
| 45% | ITHASITSUPSANDDOWNS | 19 | "There are positives as well as negatives" ... or a description of this puzzle's theme |
| 44% | METADATA | 8 | Information about a file, such as the date it was created |
| 44% | HAT | 3 | It may be tipped as a sign of respect |
| 44% | GAGGIFT | 7 | It's meant to be received as a joke? |
| 44% | REALIST | 7 | Opposite of a dreamer, someone who accepts a situation as it is |
| 43% | CREAM | 5 | "Ice" follower to give a cold dessert that sets as it is churned |
| 43% | ETA | 3 | Best guess as to when a flight will get in: Abbr. |