| 100% | ACTIVE | 6 | Like a volcano that's likely to erupt in the future |
| 45% | ORAL | 4 | Like a thermometer that's put in the mouth |
| 44% | CAPSIZED | 8 | Like a boat that's been turned over in the water |
| 44% | PRESOLD | 7 | Like a home that's no risk to the builder |
| 44% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still red in the middle |
| 44% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that's still pink in the middle |
| 44% | RARE | 4 | Like a steak that’s deep red in the middle |
| 44% | SRO | 3 | Like a show that's hard to get tickets for, in brief |
| 42% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 42% | META | 4 | Like a joke that refers to the fact that it's a joke |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | “Make like a ___ and get outta here” (bungled idiom in “Back to the Future”) |
| 41% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 40% | ONEANDDONE | 10 | Like a team that loses in the first round |
| 40% | SNUG | 4 | Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe |
| 40% | SOS | 3 | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle |
| 40% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not likely to be shown in a multiplex |
| 39% | OPEN | 4 | Like a tennis match that isn't "closed" to the public? |
| 39% | FAUXAMIS | 8 | Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French "décevoir" ("disappoint") and the English "deceive" |
| 39% | DEER | 4 | Like a ___ in the headlights (get paralyzed due to fear or excitement) |
| 39% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 39% | GLOTTAL | 7 | Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist |
| 38% | PARICUTIN | 9 | Volcano that suddenly appeared in the middle of a Mexican cornfield in 1943 |
| 38% | WICKEDFROZEN | 12 | Like the Charles River in February, to a local? |
| 38% | SHARP | 5 | Like a pencil that's ready to use |
| 38% | RIPE | 4 | Like a banana that's ready to eat |
| 38% | STEEP | 5 | Like a mountain that's difficult to ascend |
| 38% | STEEP | 5 | Like a mountain that's hard to climb |
| 38% | FUELLED | 7 | Like a Bentley that's ready to go |
| 38% | RARE | 4 | Like a gem that's hard to find |
| 38% | CRYPTIC | 7 | Like a message that's hard to understand |