| 100% | ETC | 3 | Letters used to avoid listing |
| 72% | ETCETERA | 8 | It's used to avoid listing |
| 56% | ASCII | 5 | Letters used to 49 Across |
| 55% | THETA | 5 | Letter used to label an angle |
| 53% | MLK | 3 | Letters used to refer to Martin Luther King |
| 53% | CHI | 3 | Greek letter used to abbreviate "Christ" |
| 52% | SOS | 3 | Letters used to signal an emergency in Morse code |
| 52% | SIDEDOOR | 8 | It may be used to avoid paparazzi |
| 52% | PHI | 3 | Greek letter used to represent magnetic flux |
| 51% | DIGRAM | 6 | Two letters used to represent a single sound |
| 51% | YOURS | 5 | Used to close letters, before sincerely |
| 50% | TACT | 4 | Skill used to avoid offending a political ally, say |
| 50% | POST | 4 | ___box, used to collect letters |
| 49% | CLEAR | 5 | Steer ___ of, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
| 49% | SKIRT | 5 | ___ around trouble, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
| 49% | SEAL | 4 | Wax used to close a letter |
| 49% | OMEGA | 5 | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| 48% | SHIFTKEY | 8 | Use to access upper case letters on a keyboard |
| 48% | SWORD | 5 | Weapon used to slay the [circled letters] |
| 48% | KEYBOARD | 8 | Device used to type letters and symbols |
| 48% | POSTALSCALE | 11 | Device used to weigh letters and packages |
| 48% | SHIFT | 5 | PC key used to capitalize letters, perhaps |
| 48% | COLONS | 6 | Stacked dots used to denote a list |
| 48% | ETC | 3 | Abbreviation used to shorten a long list |
| 48% | EGAD | 4 | Shout once used to avoid taking 6-Down's name in vain |
| 48% | RHO | 3 | Letter used with theta and phi to represent spherical coordinates |
| 47% | STENCIL | 7 | Tool used to help form letters on crates |
| 47% | ENVELOPE | 8 | A paper container used to send letters in |
| 47% | AOL | 3 | Internet provider that used to have Buddy Lists |
| 47% | AKA | 3 | Letters used on "America's Most Wanted" to indicate an alias |