| 100% | MESSY | 5 | Like a desk that's a sign of genius, it's said |
| 51% | DESK | 4 | A cluttered one is a sign of a cluttered mind, it's said |
| 49% | BORNTOOLATE | 11 | Like a millennial who's a huge fan of 1960s-'70s music, it's said |
| 48% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 47% | MANGY | 5 | Like a dog that might be losing some of its fur |
| 45% | LEO | 3 | Sign of a leader, it is said |
| 45% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 45% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 45% | PULSE | 5 | Throbbing sensation that's a sign of life |
| 44% | ARROW | 5 | Shape of a sign that says ONE WAY |
| 44% | AJAR | 4 | Like a door that's cracked open, say |
| 44% | AUSTERE | 7 | Like a budget that's full of cuts |
| 43% | META | 4 | Like a joke that refers to the fact that it's a joke |
| 43% | ESSO | 4 | Brand that's a homophone of its company's initials |
| 43% | HAUNTED | 7 | Like a house that's of interest to ghost hunters |
| 42% | SLY | 3 | Like a fox, it's said |
| 42% | SLY | 3 | Like a fox, it’s said |
| 42% | DEAD | 4 | Like a doornail, it's said |
| 42% | TORUS | 5 | Three-dimensional shape that sounds like a sign of the zodiac |
| 42% | ETIOLATED | 9 | Like a plant that's gone pale from lack of light |
| 42% | NILLA | 5 | Brand that's a shortened description of its flavor |
| 42% | OWE | 3 | Word that's a homophone of its first letter |
| 42% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 41% | LOWEST | 6 | Like puns among all forms of humor, it's said |
| 41% | LONELY | 6 | Like those at the top, it's said |
| 41% | HELENOFTROY | 11 | Launcher of a thousand ships, it's said |
| 41% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 41% | LIKE | 4 | "It's not what it looks ___," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Blades of Glory" and "The Matrix" |
| 41% | MELODY | 6 | Tune that's a part of every Bruno Mars song, say |
| 41% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |