| 100% | AROAR | 5 | Like crowds in the heat of a match |
| 55% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd |
| 55% | AMONG | 5 | In the midst of a crowd |
| 55% | HALFTIME | 8 | Break in the middle of a match |
| 54% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd, for example |
| 52% | MANIC | 5 | Like Monday, in the title of a Bangles hit |
| 52% | LOWEST | 6 | Like the winning score in a golf match |
| 51% | PDA | 3 | Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? |
| 50% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Like people in the front row of a group photo, often |
| 49% | SILKY | 5 | Like the hair of a model in a shampoo ad |
| 48% | COOL | 4 | Like the other side of the pillow, in a saying |
| 48% | RIG | 3 | Predetermine the outcome of, like a boxing match |
| 47% | FLAMING | 7 | Like the “Creatures” in a landmark work of underground queer cinema |
| 47% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 47% | FAVORITE | 8 | The thing you most prefer in a group of like items |
| 47% | ONEEYED | 7 | Like a cyclops or some of the Minions in "Despicable Me": Hyph. |
| 47% | COOLS | 5 | Loses heat, like a cake just out of the oven |
| 47% | COOLS | 5 | Loses heat, like a pie just out of the oven |
| 47% | FAINT | 5 | Like the glow of the last embers in a fire |
| 47% | ODD | 3 | Like the number of games in a "best of" series |
| 47% | SLIM | 4 | Like the odds of finding a needle in a haystack |
| 47% | EERIE | 5 | Like the sight of glowing eyes in a dark forest |
| 47% | THENIGHT | 8 | In the Heat of __; 40th Oscar awards winner |
| 47% | EXTRA | 5 | Member of the crowd, in a movie scene |
| 46% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 46% | ASWARM | 6 | Like bees on the rampage, in a quaint sort of way |
| 46% | AGLOW | 5 | Like the eyes of tiny tots, in a classic Christmas carol |
| 46% | ISOLATED | 8 | Like a secluded cabin in the middle of nowhere |
| 46% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 46% | SENATORS | 8 | Ottawa ___, Canadian ice hockey team in the NHL whose name sounds like a group of politicians |