| 100% | PROSIT | 6 | Latin word meaning "be well" used to toast |
| 50% | PROPER | 6 | *According to etiquette ... or a word used with 42d to mean very formal and well-behaved |
| 47% | PENS | 4 | They used to be lowered into wells |
| 46% | PER | 3 | Word used to mean "for each" |
| 45% | SALUD | 5 | Spanish word used to toast to good health |
| 45% | TAKEITOUTON | 11 | Feel better by being mean to |
| 44% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Latin term used in English to mean genuine or real |
| 44% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 44% | STALE | 5 | Ready to be used for French toast, say |
| 43% | RULES | 5 | "___ are meant to be broken!" (rebellious teen's words, maybe) |
| 43% | PEEN | 4 | It's not meant to be used on nails |
| 43% | EPHEMERA | 8 | Things meant to be used and then thrown away |
| 43% | NUTSHELL | 8 | In a __ means to be explained in few words |
| 42% | AMANDA | 6 | Name that means "who is to be loved" in Latin |
| 42% | ALCOHOL | 7 | Word that refers to a liquid used in cocktails, which originated from Latin |
| 42% | ELECT | 5 | Word whose meaning remains unchanged when an "s" is added to the front |
| 42% | LIEU | 4 | Word with three consecutive vowels, used as "in ___ of" to mean "instead of" |
| 41% | UBER | 4 | German word slangily used to mean "extremely" |
| 41% | CARPEDIEM | 9 | Latin phrase often used by a friend to mean "seize the day": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 41% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 41% | GOOGLE | 6 | Word meaning "look up on a search engine" that was first used on TV in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
| 41% | ABORIGINE | 9 | Latin word meaning the first inhabitants |
| 41% | IWAS | 4 | "Well, that used to be true ... " |
| 41% | ETCETERA | 8 | Latin phrase often used at the end of a list to mean "and so on" |
| 41% | ERGO | 4 | Latin word, meaning therefore |
| 41% | NON | 3 | This prefix when used, changes the meaning of the word to its opposite |
| 40% | MATRI | 5 | Prefix meaning mother that is used with "arch" or "lineal," which originated from Latin |
| 40% | SEQUOIA | 7 | What is the only seven-letter word to use all five vowels and Q? |
| 40% | WAS | 3 | Used to be |