| 100% | STET | 4 | Leave a section of writing as it is |
| 49% | INVERSE | 7 | The opposite sounds like it is written as a poem? |
| 49% | PASTTENSE | 9 | A lot of books are written in it |
| 46% | STUB | 4 | What's left of a ticket after it's been used |
| 46% | STUMP | 5 | Bottom bit of a tree left after it's been cut down |
| 45% | SAVORY | 6 | Plant of the mint family whose leaves are used as a pot-herb |
| 44% | WARSANSHIRE | 11 | Poet who wrote "no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark" |
| 44% | STET | 4 | Editor's "Leave this as it is" (anagram of "tets") |
| 44% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 43% | STET | 4 | "Leave as is," to a writer (anagram of "test") |
| 43% | WARSANSHIRE | 11 | Somali-British poet who wrote, “no one leaves home unless / home is the mouth of a shark” |
| 42% | HAT | 3 | It may be tipped as a sign of respect |
| 42% | STET | 4 | Leave it as it is |
| 42% | OMISSION | 8 | It is a sin as well as commission |
| 42% | DJBOOTH | 7 | Section of a club where records are kept |
| 41% | TULANE | 6 | It was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana |
| 41% | PLUTO | 5 | It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 41% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | "As It Was" singer who is nominated for a 2022 American Music Award for Artist of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 41% | STET | 4 | Leave it as it is (Editor's instruction) |
| 40% | SAUSAGE | 7 | Making it is a bit of a grind |
| 40% | ESSAY | 5 | Written section of a college application |
| 40% | MANNERISMS | 10 | Styles of acting, as it were |
| 40% | FALLSON | 7 | Is left to, as a responsibility |
| 40% | MAIL | 4 | A lot of it is junk |
| 40% | BEDFRAME | 8 | A headboard is part of it |
| 40% | EMAIL | 5 | A lot of it is spam |
| 40% | EPI | 3 | It may be left of center |
| 40% | BADDEBT | 7 | It may be a write-off |
| 40% | MLB | 3 | A's are part of it |
| 40% | MISSISSIPPIRIVER | 16 | It was known by the Algonquin as the "Father of Waters" |