| 100% | YESNO | 5 | Like a question for which "maybe" is not an option |
| 53% | YESORNO | 7 | Type of question for which "maybe" is an unacceptable response: Hyph. |
| 50% | FAILURE | 7 | This is not an option for Apollo 13 |
| 48% | INEEDIT | 7 | "Not getting that is not an option for me" |
| 43% | EROSE | 5 | Looking like a leaf that's been lunch for a Dusky Birch Sawfly, maybe |
| 42% | CAROL | 5 | It might still be too early, maybe you could wait a little longer for Santa? (1/3) Why not learn a Christmas ___ like "Silent Night" while you wait? |
| 40% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 39% | ARENT | 5 | Is not for a lot |
| 39% | GIJANE | 6 | 1997 Demi Moore movie with the tagline "Failure is not an option" |
| 39% | BLT | 3 | Lunchtime initialism to which an A, for avocado, is sometimes appended |
| 39% | YESNO | 5 | Like a question with only an affirmative or negative answer |
| 39% | SPITE | 5 | For which venom is a metaphor |
| 38% | PLATONIC | 8 | Like a relationship with an ex, maybe |
| 38% | ODD | 3 | Like a number that is not even |
| 38% | NEAREST | 7 | Like a relative notified in an emergency, maybe |
| 38% | SONATA | 6 | Like a cantata but for instruments, not voices |
| 37% | EBAY | 4 | Site on which a sandwich ostensibly bearing an image of the Virgin Mary was sold for twenty-eight thousand dollars |
| 37% | SLOTMACHINE | 11 | For which 7-7-7 might be a jackpot |
| 37% | NEED | 4 | What air is not for an anaerobe |
| 37% | SKYE | 4 | Island for which a terrier is named |
| 37% | NICAEA | 6 | City for which a creed is named |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which a state is named |
| 37% | ESSAY | 5 | "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," for one |
| 37% | SIAM | 4 | Country for which a cat was named |
| 37% | ERIE | 4 | Tribe for which a canal was named |
| 37% | RAMADA | 6 | Spanish name for an open porch, often roofed with branches, after which a hotel chain that started in Arizona, was named |
| 37% | ASTHMA | 6 | Affliction for which an inhaler may be prescribed |
| 37% | MALLOW | 6 | Marsh ___ (plant for which a confection is named) |
| 37% | UTE | 3 | Western tribe for which a state is named |
| 37% | EEL | 3 | Fish for which a California river is named |