| 100% | NEUTER | 6 | Like "it," in grammar |
| 83% | EVIL | 4 | Like IT, in "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 82% | TOTASTE | 7 | As you like it, in recipes |
| 80% | TOTASTE | 7 | As you like it, in a recipe |
| 80% | NOMEGUSTA | 9 | "I don't like it," in Spanish |
| 78% | NOUN | 4 | Word in grammar like "word" or "grammar" |
| 76% | IRR | 3 | Like "see," in grammar: Abbr. |
| 75% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | A describing word in grammar, like happy or hungry |
| 74% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 74% | LEAKY | 5 | Like a boat with holes in it |
| 74% | ETA | 3 | It looks like an H, in Greek |
| 73% | BED | 3 | Word that looks like its meaning when written in lowercase |
| 73% | PAPERTHIN | 9 | Like walls in a cheap motel, it seems |
| 73% | KITE | 4 | It's like a diamond in the sky |
| 73% | COED | 4 | Like Oberlin College since it opened in 1833 |
| 73% | LEAKY | 5 | Like a canoe with a hole in it |
| 72% | MUD | 3 | Hogs like to wallow in it |
| 72% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city that sounds like it belongs in a 41-Down |
| 71% | WORMY | 5 | Like an apple with a hole in it, perhaps |
| 71% | ABNORMAL | 8 | Like things in "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" |
| 71% | ONEALARM | 8 | Like chili with half a poblano in it, maybe |
| 70% | ARDEN | 5 | Shakespeare's fictional forest that "As You Like It" is set in |
| 70% | WEIRD | 5 | Like most things in "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" |
| 70% | ODD | 3 | Like most things in "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" |
| 69% | JACKLEMMON | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" actor who starred in "The Odd Couple": 2 wds. |
| 68% | NEZ | 3 | French for nose, like in glasses that pinch it |
| 68% | TURTLE | 6 | Reptile that lives in its shell and likes water |
| 68% | JACKLEMMON | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" actor who played Ensign Pulver in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | LOVE | 4 | It “comforteth like sunshine after rain,” in Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis” |
| 67% | LEMUR | 5 | "I Like to Move It" singer in "Madagascar," species-wise |