| 100% | RESTRAINT | 9 | It might or might not be displayed at a candy store |
| 47% | WERE | 4 | Word that may or may not be a contraction |
| 47% | ILL | 3 | Word that may or may not be a contraction |
| 45% | UFOS | 4 | Vehicles that may or may not be stored in Area 51: Abbr. |
| 45% | NAMETAG | 7 | It may be worn around the neck at a convention |
| 45% | ATM | 3 | It might be found in the corner of a corner store |
| 44% | IDS | 3 | Cards that might be checked at a liquor store: Abbr. |
| 43% | MENU | 4 | A restaurant's specials might not be printed on it |
| 43% | LIEN | 4 | It might be placed on a house or a car |
| 43% | ALE | 3 | It might be drunk from a flagon or a stein |
| 43% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 43% | OVATION | 7 | It may be standing at the end of a concert |
| 43% | TIRE | 4 | It might be steel-belted or a whitewall |
| 43% | BAR | 3 | It may be sandy or candy |
| 43% | LANCE | 5 | It may be at a tilt |
| 43% | UDDER | 5 | It may be aimed at a pail at 5 a.m. |
| 43% | TIP | 3 | It might be given to a waiter or a police investigator |
| 43% | MIC | 3 | It may be dropped at the end of a triumphant performance |
| 43% | HAIR | 4 | It may be braided or done up in a 46-Across |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | You might get it pierced at a jewelry store |
| 42% | SALAD | 5 | It might be Caesar or Cobb, in a restaurant |
| 42% | SHELL | 5 | It might be hard or soft, in a taco |
| 42% | TAB | 3 | It might be run at a bar |
| 42% | WAGER | 5 | It might be placed at a window |
| 42% | LASH | 4 | It might be batted at a knockout |
| 42% | STETSON | 7 | It might be tipped at a rodeo |
| 42% | STONE | 5 | It might be skipped at a lake |
| 42% | PINATA | 6 | It may be beaten at a party |
| 42% | FIRE | 4 | It may be eaten at a circus |
| 42% | TUPPERWARE | 10 | It may be pushed at a party |