| 100% | PLAN | 4 | Its backup is usually B |
| 50% | CPU | 3 | Its speed is usually measured in GHz |
| 50% | MOP | 3 | Its head is usually at the bottom |
| 49% | CINEMA | 6 | Its patrons are usually kept in the dark |
| 49% | XXX | 3 | A D will usually lower it |
| 47% | EPISODEONE | 10 | The main characters are usually introduced in it |
| 47% | USOFA | 5 | Its b'day is July 4 |
| 47% | HONESTY | 7 | It usually is the best policy |
| 46% | STAMP | 5 | It is usually found in a corner |
| 45% | SUMMONS | 7 | It's usually bad to be served with one |
| 44% | ONESELF | 7 | What it's usually best to be |
| 44% | EEL | 3 | Electric beast that is usually called something that it really isn't |
| 44% | PLAN | 4 | When A fails, the backup one is B |
| 43% | EXES | 4 | People whom it is inadvisable to booty call, usually |
| 43% | RARE | 4 | "Suddenly, as ___ things will, it vanished": E. B. Browning |
| 42% | NAACP | 5 | W. E. B. Du Bois was one of its founders |
| 41% | YOUKNOWMYNAME | 13 | B-side of the Beatles' "Let it Be," (subtitled "Look Up the Number") |
| 40% | BLT | 3 | Its "B" is sometimes turkey |
| 40% | BOEING | 6 | Its first product was the B&W Seaplane |
| 37% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Classic 1966 album with the tracks "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Sloop John B" |
| 36% | ALLA | 4 | "It was _____ dream" (Notorious B.I.G. opening line) |
| 36% | CATHYSCLOWN | 11 | 1960 #1 hit for the Everly Brothers whose B-side is "Always It's You" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RATE | 4 | Opener is usually second-___ |
| 35% | ITS | 3 | It is |
| 35% | ONRYE | 5 | How pastrami is usually ordered |
| 35% | COLD | 4 | How vichyssoise is usually served |
| 35% | INACAN | 6 | How paint is usually sold |
| 35% | ALONE | 5 | How solitaire is usually played |
| 35% | INICE | 5 | How fish is usually shipped |
| 35% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle that is usually hailed |