| 100% | DEMURE | 6 | Like a lot of the attire in "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 55% | ALASKAN | 7 | Like a lot of the U.S. oil reserves |
| 53% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SAMIRAWILEY | 11 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Emmy nominee for her portrayal of Moira/Ruby on "The Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SLAIN | 5 | Like the dragon at the end of a hero's tale |
| 49% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 48% | SCENERY | 7 | There's a lot of it in the wings on Broadway |
| 48% | WASHATERIA | 10 | In a ___, there's lots of ___ in the machinery |
| 48% | CHERRYJONES | 11 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Emmy nominee for her portrayal of Holly on "The Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | KELLYJENRETTE | 13 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Emmy nominee for her portrayal of Annie on "The Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | EERIE | 5 | Like a wolf's howl in the dead of night |
| 47% | IRONS | 5 | A lot of ___ in the fire |
| 47% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 47% | LANCEITO | 8 | California judge with a lot of TV time in the mid-90s (2 wds.) |
| 46% | FURLOUGH | 8 | A leave of absence, like in the armed forces |
| 46% | ARABIAN | 7 | "___ Nights," collection of folk tales like "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" which was adapted into a video game in 1985 |
| 46% | BATTLELINES | 11 | The actor in the wartime drama had a lot of ___ |
| 45% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 45% | BASESLOADED | 11 | *Result of a lot of drinking in the army? |
| 45% | POTENT | 6 | Strong, like a bet of TEN in the POT? |
| 45% | POLED | 5 | How Giorgia Boscolo of Venice has moved around a lot of her time in the past ten years |
| 45% | OFFRED | 6 | Main character in The Handmaid's Tale |
| 45% | UGLY | 4 | Like the duckling in a fairy tale |
| 45% | LAS | 3 | In Deck the Halls, you sing a lot of Fas and these |
| 45% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of years in a periodical cicada’s life cycle |
| 45% | OTFAGBENLE | 10 | "The Handmaid's Tale" actor who plays a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KAZOOS | 6 | Ones creating a lot of buzz in the music industry? |
| 44% | OXEN | 4 | Ones with a lot of pull in the agricultural world? |
| 44% | IRONS | 5 | You might have a lot of them in the fire |
| 44% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen |