| 100% | TNT | 3 | Julius Wilbrand invention of 1863, for short |
| 48% | TNT | 3 | Julius Wilbrand's 1863 invention that arrived with a bang |
| 45% | TNT | 3 | 1863 German invention, for short |
| 37% | AMT | 3 | Quantity, for short (anagram of "tam") |
| 37% | THO | 3 | However, for short (anagram of "hot") |
| 37% | DEB | 3 | Society newcomer, for short (anagram of "bed") |
| 37% | ALUM | 4 | Former student, for short (anagram of "maul") |
| 37% | PECS | 4 | Chest muscles, for short (anagram of "spec") |
| 37% | LAT | 3 | Back muscle, for short (anagram of "alt") |
| 37% | SPEC | 4 | Design detail, for short (anagram of "pecs") |
| 37% | OBIT | 4 | Memorial column, for short (anagram of "tibo") |
| 37% | STL | 3 | House of Blues for short? |
| 36% | ARB | 3 | Wall Street figure, for short (anagram of "bar") |
| 36% | MISC | 4 | Junk drawer label, for short (anagram of "scim") |
| 36% | MAJ | 3 | Colonel's junior, for short (anagram of "jam") |
| 36% | PEKE | 4 | Chinese toy dog, for short (anagram of "keep") |
| 36% | MAG | 3 | Forbes or Cosmopolitan, for short (anagram of "gam") |
| 36% | AMP | 3 | Electric current measure, for short (anagram of "map") |
| 36% | BRIEFLY | 7 | For a short period of time |
| 36% | MDS | 3 | Short form for bosses of companies |
| 36% | MAG | 3 | Short for a type of periodical |
| 35% | STENO | 5 | Someone who takes notes, for short (anagram of "notes") |
| 35% | DET | 3 | Case solver like Holmes, for short (anagram of "ted") |
| 35% | TRAD | 4 | Like much folk music, for short (anagram of "dart") |
| 35% | OLY | 3 | The ___ Games, for short (series of international athletic contests) |
| 35% | LAB | 3 | Site of many of the greatest inventions, for short |
| 35% | POLI | 4 | ___ sci, for short (subject dealing with the art of government) |
| 35% | IDES | 4 | ___ of March (fateful date for Julius Caesar) |
| 35% | IDES | 4 | ___ of March (dangerous date for Julius Caesar) |
| 35% | PLANES | 6 | Short form of a synonym for multiple aircraft |