| 100% | ASHY | 4 | Like a charcoal briquette after a cookout |
| 74% | ASHY | 4 | Like charcoal grills after a cookout |
| 48% | MUDDY | 5 | Like a dirt road after a rainstorm |
| 48% | TAUTENED | 8 | Like a fishing line after a bite |
| 48% | SORE | 4 | Like a running back after a game |
| 48% | APT | 3 | Like a florist named after a flower |
| 47% | STEAMY | 6 | Like a bathroom mirror after a hot shower |
| 47% | ASHY | 4 | Like burned charcoal briquettes |
| 47% | ASHY | 4 | Like a spent briquette |
| 45% | WEE | 3 | Like a few hours after midnight |
| 45% | EERIE | 5 | Like a misty forest after dark |
| 45% | EERIE | 5 | Like a misty pond after dark |
| 45% | TRASHED | 7 | Like a hotel room after a rock group's stay, sometimes |
| 44% | DENTED | 6 | Like a car, after a 33-Down |
| 44% | LONGER | 6 | Like Pinocchio's nose after a lie |
| 44% | RELIT | 5 | Like a candle night after night, say |
| 44% | WET | 3 | Like one's hair after a shower |
| 44% | OILY | 4 | Like a paper towel after dabbing bacon |
| 44% | RISEN | 5 | Like a dough, after baking |
| 44% | LOW | 3 | Like a limbo bar, after a few rounds |
| 44% | ROLLINGINTHEAISLES | 18 | Like Rudner's audiences after a good joke? |
| 44% | LONG | 4 | Like Pinocchio's nose after a few fibs |
| 43% | TAILING | 7 | After, like a cop |
| 43% | MUSTY | 5 | Like many a summer cabin after a long winter |
| 43% | ASHY | 4 | Like a barbecue pit after it's been used |
| 43% | INAHEAP | 7 | Like rubble after a razing |
| 43% | ATINGLE | 7 | Like skin, after a facial |
| 43% | KNEEDEEP | 8 | Like snow after a blizzard |
| 43% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles after a workout |
| 43% | LOOSER | 6 | Like clothes after a diet |