| 100% | GERMY | 5 | Like a person with a cold |
| 82% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of a person with a cold |
| 75% | IMPOLITE | 8 | Like a person with bad manners |
| 74% | MANNERLY | 8 | Like a person with excellent social skills |
| 72% | OBOE | 4 | It "sounds like a clarinet with a cold," per Victor Borge |
| 70% | BEANPOLE | 8 | Person with a figure like Olive Oyl |
| 68% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone with a cold, often |
| 68% | RUNNYNOSE | 9 | Dripping nasal passages, like with a cold |
| 68% | FRUITFUL | 8 | Like a collaboration with a person who's 17-, 19-, 35-, or 52-Across? |
| 66% | SOAP | 4 | What cilantro tastes like, to people with a certain genetic variant |
| 65% | LOST | 4 | Like a navigationally challenged person with a broken GPS, probably |
| 64% | NASAL | 5 | Sounding like someone with a bad cold |
| 62% | POSSE | 5 | Slang for a group of people with like traits |
| 59% | 3PIECE | 6 | Like a suit with a vest |
| 59% | BAITED | 6 | Like a hook with a worm |
| 59% | ONEWAY | 6 | Like a relationship with a narcissist |
| 59% | GNAWED | 6 | Like a bone with a dog? |
| 58% | FIRELIT | 7 | Like a cabin on a cold night |
| 58% | PRONE | 5 | Like a person getting a massage, usually |
| 58% | EMPLOYED | 8 | A person with a job is this |
| 58% | ONEMAN | 6 | Like a show with a single performer |
| 58% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak with a red center |
| 58% | HOARSE | 6 | Like a speaker with a 25-Down |
| 58% | PROPER | 6 | Like a noun with a capital letter |
| 58% | WET | 3 | Like a floor with a "Caution" sign |
| 58% | FURRY | 5 | Like a dog with a thick coat |
| 58% | DARK | 4 | Like a room with a fused bulb |
| 58% | ROTARY | 6 | Like a phone with a physical dial |
| 58% | IDLE | 4 | Like a computer with a running screensaver |
| 58% | ROTARY | 6 | Like a phone with a literal dial |