| 100% | AWL | 3 | Letter sequence common to "bawl" and "drawl" |
| 79% | ELA | 3 | Letter sequence common to "elan" and "elate" |
| 79% | EER | 3 | Letter sequence common to "Cheer" and "Eerie" |
| 79% | EST | 3 | Letter sequence common to "smallest" and "largest" |
| 79% | EER | 3 | Letter sequence common to "musketeer" and "mountaineer" |
| 65% | ISH | 3 | Letter sequence common to "selfish" or "foolish" |
| 59% | EIN | 3 | Letter trio common to "vein" and "rein" |
| 59% | EEP | 3 | Letter trio common to "creep" and "steep" |
| 57% | EER | 3 | Letter trio common to "mountaineer," "musketeer," and "auctioneer" |
| 56% | EAVE | 4 | Letters common to "cleave" and "heave" |
| 56% | ORN | 3 | Letters common to "torn" and "corn" |
| 56% | INO | 3 | Letters common to "dinosaur" and "rhinoceros" |
| 56% | EER | 3 | Letters common to "deer" and "jeer" |
| 56% | IRE | 3 | Letters common to "dire" and "sire" |
| 56% | INT | 3 | Letters common to "hint" and "mint" |
| 56% | EEN | 3 | Letters common to "teen" and "green" |
| 56% | ELA | 3 | Letters common to "relate" and "melange" |
| 56% | ERM | 3 | Letters common to "term" and "germ" |
| 56% | ERE | 3 | Letters common to "here" and "mere" |
| 56% | EEP | 3 | Letters common to "jeep" and "deep" |
| 53% | VIS | 3 | Letters common to the start of "vision" and "visor" |
| 47% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 46% | EYE | 3 | Common to potato and needle? |
| 46% | LIONS | 5 | Common to Nittany and Detroit |
| 44% | AIRINESS | 8 | Common to an open room and a snob |
| 43% | OUGH | 4 | *Letter string common to 19a, 27a, 45a, 4d, 33d and 44d, each of which are pronounced differently |
| 43% | TWO | 3 | Number common to eyes, ears, and hands |
| 43% | EER | 3 | Ending common to "mountain" and "slogan" |
| 43% | EER | 3 | Ending common to "pioneer" and "buccaneer" |
| 42% | LOOSELEAF | 9 | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |