| 100% | SMALLER | 7 | Like inner matryoshka dolls, compared with outer matryoshka dolls |
| 77% | TINIER | 6 | Like the inner matryoshka doll, compared to the outer |
| 54% | LARGEST | 7 | Like the outer matryoshka doll |
| 41% | NESTED | 6 | Like Matryoshka dolls |
| 41% | NESTABLE | 8 | Like matryoshka dolls |
| 40% | WIDER | 5 | Like a bridge, compared with a tightrope |
| 40% | LARGEST | 7 | Like the outermost matryoshka doll |
| 39% | SLOWER | 6 | Like larghissimo compared with largo |
| 39% | STALER | 6 | Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's |
| 39% | NEST | 4 | Make like matryoshka dolls |
| 38% | ITCHIER | 7 | Like sheep's wool, compared with alpaca's wool |
| 38% | HOTTER | 6 | Like a ghost pepper, compared with a bell pepper |
| 38% | NEST | 4 | Fit together like matryoshka dolls |
| 38% | NESTING | 7 | Fitting together like matryoshka dolls |
| 37% | SHORTER | 7 | Like theatrical cuts compared with director’s cuts, usually |
| 36% | MADEIN | 6 | With "the" and 32-Across, describing an old Matryoshka doll |
| 36% | INERT | 5 | Like atoms with full outer shells |
| 35% | MONGOLIA | 8 | Outer and Inner country, with Red Hero capital |
| 35% | CRUSTY | 6 | With a crisp outer layer, like some bread |
| 35% | CRUSTLESS | 9 | Like a pie with no hard outer layer |
| 34% | FUNGI | 5 | Organisms that sound like someone you'd enjoy hanging out with |
| 34% | TIDY | 4 | Like a neat room with nothing out of place |
| 34% | ALLEXPENSESPAID | 15 | Like a trip with no out-of-pocket costs |
| 34% | PAL | 3 | Someone you like to hang out with |
| 33% | AWAY | 4 | Like someone with an automated out-of-office reply, probably |
| 33% | RUDER | 5 | Like saying "Outta my way" compared with saying "Excuse me, can you please move, please?" |
| 33% | IRATE | 5 | Like a cartoon character with steam coming out of their ears |
| 32% | UTAH | 4 | State shaped like a rectangle with a notch cut out |
| 31% | VEG | 3 | Act like a couch potato, with "out" |
| 30% | RELATIVETO | 10 | Compared with |