| 100% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "Das" to mean Nike rival |
| 100% | ADI | 3 | Lead in with "das" to mean Nike rival |
| 85% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to mean a Nike rival |
| 69% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" to refer to a Nike rival |
| 54% | ADI | 3 | Lead-in with "das" for a Nike rival with a three-stripe logo |
| 53% | MELO | 4 | Lead-in with "drama" to mean exaggerated |
| 52% | SRI | 3 | Lead-in with "Lanka" to mean a country |
| 52% | KIT | 3 | Lead-in with "kat" to mean a Nestle wafer |
| 48% | MOO | 3 | Lead in to "goo gai pan" to mean a dish |
| 45% | FIRST | 5 | Word before "chair" to mean the leading performer's place in an orchestra |
| 44% | NANCY | 5 | With 90-Down, first woman to lead a major party in Congress |
| 43% | SYM | 3 | Prefix with "metric" to mean harmony in design |
| 43% | ERO | 3 | Suffix with "ranch" to mean rancher in Spanish |
| 43% | WOO | 3 | Lead-in with "hoo" to express exuberant joy |
| 43% | ARCH | 4 | Prefix with "enemy" to mean one's biggest rival |
| 43% | ERST | 4 | Prefix with "while" to mean formerly, in olden times |
| 42% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 41% | TON | 3 | Suffix with "plank" to mean microscopic organisms floating in the sea |
| 41% | EATER | 5 | Suffix with "bee" to mean a bird that nests in burrows |
| 41% | GOB | 3 | Lead-in to "smacked" to mean shocked |
| 41% | GOB | 3 | Lead-in to "smacked" to mean astonished |
| 41% | DURA | 4 | Lead-in to "cell" to mean battery |
| 41% | BLYTHE | 6 | Fashion doll with an oversized head that was released to rival Barbie in 1972 |
| 41% | REAR | 4 | Prefix with "guard" to mean the last part in a military force |
| 40% | ATTA | 4 | Lead-in that means "Way to go!" |
| 40% | SKY | 3 | "Scanner" lead-in to mean one of the biggest travel booking sites in the world |
| 40% | EGG | 3 | Prefix with "head" to mean an intellectual geek (used in a negative sense) |
| 40% | OFF | 3 | Prefix with "side" to mean an important rule in the game of soccer |
| 40% | EER | 3 | Suffix with "musket" to mean one of three in a popular book title |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | Lead-in to "horse" to mean an underwater creature |