| 100% | STOLEN | 6 | Lets on about being hot |
| 75% | STOLEN | 6 | Lets on about getting hot |
| 53% | TRENDED | 7 | Was hot, on Twitter |
| 50% | WARM | 4 | ___ As Me (if Taylor Swift's "Cold as You" was about her feeling hot on a summer day?) |
| 48% | FILED | 5 | Fellow lied about being put on record |
| 48% | LINK | 4 | It may be hot on the Web |
| 48% | TAKE | 4 | One may be hot on the Internet |
| 46% | FRET | 4 | Be anxious about line found on neck |
| 46% | SERRANOS | 8 | Peppers that are hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale |
| 45% | TROPICAL | 8 | Relevant about river being very hot |
| 44% | FAHRENHEITSCALE | 15 | Room temperature is about 70deg on it |
| 44% | FOMO | 4 | Anxiety about not being in on the fun |
| 44% | SAUNA | 5 | Room where water is poured on hot rocks |
| 44% | AGNOSTICS | 9 | People who are on the fence about religion |
| 43% | SEAT | 4 | Hot ___ (contestant's place on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire") |
| 43% | SMILE | 5 | Let one of these be your umbrella on a rainy day |
| 43% | ORR | 3 | Mary ___, on whose story "All About Eve" is based |
| 43% | REPORTFORDUTY | 13 | Memo about where tariffs are imposed on incoming ships? |
| 42% | BADCALLS | 8 | People being off base about who was on base, perhaps? |
| 41% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert in Africa that is the largest hot desert on Earth |
| 41% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based |
| 41% | GETSLOST | 8 | Becomes confused about where one is on a journey: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TEACHESTOTHETEST | 16 | Instructs students only on what they'll be asked about later |
| 41% | SPECIALINTEREST | 15 | Topic an autistic person is intensely focused on and passionate about |
| 40% | DRYER | 5 | Hair ___, appliance that blows hot air and is used on wet hair |
| 40% | SEGA | 4 | Company based in Tokyo that is about to let you download "Humankind" |
| 39% | SOUP | 4 | Hot and flavorful liquid dish that is a welcome sight on a cold winter day |
| 39% | LEAN | 4 | "___ On Me," song about friendship by Bill Withers that topped the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 39% | HIGHWAYTOHELL | 13 | AC/DC song about the trials of being on the road: 3 wds. |
| 39% | ADULTS | 6 | "Let's be ___ about this" |