| 100% | UNC | 3 | Jordan left it after his jr. year |
| 36% | ITCH | 4 | You may get it after seven years |
| 36% | MIR | 3 | It fell after 15 years |
| 35% | OPEC | 4 | Qatar left it at the beginning of the year |
| 35% | SCAR | 4 | It's left after a wound heals |
| 33% | BEEP | 4 | A message may be left after it |
| 33% | SCAR | 4 | What a cut leaves after it heals |
| 33% | EVERGREEN | 9 | Tree that keeps its leaves throughout the year |
| 32% | ITCH | 4 | It may arise after seven years of marriage, it is said |
| 32% | FOOTPRINT | 9 | Impression left on wet sand after stepping on it |
| 32% | ARGO | 4 | It won the Oscar for Best Picture the year after "The Artist" |
| 32% | STUB | 4 | What's left of a ticket after it's used |
| 31% | STUB | 4 | What's left of a ticket after it's been used |
| 31% | NOBEL | 5 | Prestigious award established after its founder purportedly read his premature obituary |
| 30% | STUMP | 5 | Bottom bit of a tree left after it's been cut down |
| 30% | CHAD | 4 | It might be left hanging after a punch |
| 30% | VOICEMAIL | 9 | It may be left after the beep when a call's not answered: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARINERS | 8 | Seattle MLB team that Ken Griffey, Jr. rejoined in 2009 after leaving in 1999 |
| 29% | TITANIC | 7 | Film that was rereleased in 3-D nearly fifteen years after its initial première |
| 29% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose existence wasn’t revealed until more than twenty years after its creation |
| 29% | PUDDLE | 6 | Small splash pool left behind after it rains |
| 28% | ERA | 3 | Legislation ratified by Va. in 2020, nearly a hundred years after it was first introduced |
| 28% | THEWARONDRUGS | 13 | Program that a 2011 global commission officially declared a failure, 40 years after its launch |
| 28% | DAM | 3 | Leave it to beavers |
| 28% | HEIR | 4 | Leave it to him |
| 28% | DAM | 3 | Leave it to beavers! |
| 28% | DAM | 3 | Leave it to beaver? |
| 28% | LIDS | 4 | Something it's tough to drive away without after you've left the Starbucks drive-thru |
| 28% | DANIEL | 6 | Puppet big cat who moved to his own Neighborhood after leaving the Neighborhood of Make-Believe |
| 28% | TRON | 4 | Sci-fi film recognized with an Oscar for Technical Achievement 15 years after it was released |