| 100% | LMAO | 4 | Letters indicating that you're in hysterics often preceded by "ROF" |
| 41% | IMALONE | 7 | Comment indicating that you're by yourself |
| 40% | WINKS | 5 | Eye signals indicating that you're in on the joke |
| 36% | CIE | 3 | It's often preceded by "&" in Fr. |
| 32% | ISO | 3 | Abbr. that you might see often in the newspaper personals section |
| 32% | GRE | 3 | Letters that often precede a Ph.D. |
| 32% | URL | 3 | Address that's often shown in blue letters |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | Verb often represented in texts by its central letter |
| 31% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 31% | EAST | 4 | Direction you'll find by rearranging the letters in "seat" |
| 31% | BREADZEPPELIN | 13 | Rock quartet that often flew in baked goods by air? |
| 31% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 30% | POC | 3 | Abbreviation with a variant preceded by “BI” that gained popularity in the summer of 2020 |
| 30% | IDEST | 5 | That is to say, in five letters that are often shortened to two |
| 30% | YMCA | 4 | Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter |
| 30% | ELBE | 4 | Something that will take you by all the banks in Wittenberg |
| 30% | ARE | 3 | Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts |
| 30% | ARE | 3 | Word often represented by its middle letter in texts |
| 30% | YTD | 3 | Letters on your pay stub that indicate how much you've earned so far |
| 30% | ODOR | 4 | Tip-off that you're in skunk territory |
| 29% | UNI | 3 | Something that often precedes a corn, only in fiction, of course |
| 29% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 29% | RLY | 3 | Letters preceded by "O" used in internet forums underneath a snowy owl image to express disbelief |
| 29% | ANTED | 5 | Indicated that you'd like a hand |
| 29% | ESTER | 5 | Word often preceded by poly- |
| 29% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo- |
| 29% | WATT | 4 | Unit often preceded by kilo |
| 29% | PLUG | 4 | Word often preceded by "shameless" |
| 29% | NOR | 3 | Conjunction often preceded by “neither” |
| 29% | ISITART | 7 | Question often preceded by "But …" |