| 100% | SHORTER | 7 | Like a 5-miler, vis-a-vis a 10K |
| 59% | LONGER | 6 | Like a par 5 hole vis-à-vis a par 3 |
| 56% | ABOVE | 5 | Like 5-Across, vis-à-vis 7-Across |
| 56% | BELOW | 5 | Like 7-Across, vis-à-vis 5-Across |
| 55% | GENTLER | 7 | Like a softball interview vis-à-vis a grilling |
| 54% | BIGGER | 6 | Like a standard pig vis-à-vis a teacup pig |
| 54% | RIPER | 5 | Like a yellow banana vis-à-vis a green one |
| 54% | GOOIER | 6 | Like a toasted marshmallow vis-à-vis a non-toasted one |
| 54% | EASIER | 6 | Like a bunny slope vis-à-vis a black diamond run |
| 53% | SOLO | 4 | Like a Sting album, vis-a-vis a Police album |
| 52% | BRISKER | 7 | Like fall vis a vis summer |
| 51% | SCALENE | 7 | Like a 5-12-13 right triangle |
| 51% | WORSE | 5 | Like an F, vis-a-vis a D |
| 50% | FOAMIER | 7 | Like cappuccino, vis-a-vis a latte |
| 49% | HILLY | 5 | Like a challenging 10K course |
| 49% | HOTTER | 6 | Like a cayenne, vis-a-vis a jalapeno |
| 49% | PRICIER | 7 | Like a Rolex, vis-a-vis a Timex |
| 48% | TALL | 4 | Like a 6 foot 5 person |
| 48% | OAKIER | 6 | Like a Chardonnay, vis-à-vis a Sauvignon Blanc |
| 48% | DEEPER | 6 | Like Lake Superior vis-à-vis a kiddie pool |
| 48% | RUSSIANHOME | 11 | Like a Muscovite at 5 p.m.? |
| 47% | FIERCER | 7 | Like a bobcat vis-à-vis a pussycat |
| 46% | MEANER | 6 | Like bad, bad Leroy Brown vis-à-vis a junkyard dog, in song |
| 46% | RARER | 5 | Like a 1943 copper penny, vis-a-vis a steel one |
| 46% | EARLY | 5 | Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say |
| 45% | FIRST | 5 | With 5-Across, like a trivial problem, colloquially |
| 44% | TIGHTER | 7 | Like a size 8 blouse vis-à-vis a size 10 |
| 44% | FRUITIER | 8 | Like a daiquiri vis-à-vis a shot of whiskey, say |
| 44% | PEAS | 4 | Veggies that sound like a partner of 5-Across? |
| 44% | WIDER | 5 | Like a ten-lane highway, vis-à-vis a two-lane road |