| 100% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 39% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 37% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 37% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| 34% | MOOCOW | 6 | Kidspeak animal mentioned in the first line of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
| 34% | ANSEL | 5 | First name in the name of a Yosemite peak |
| 34% | RECUT | 5 | Like the 1997 Special Edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in which Greedo shoots first |
| 33% | ANDRE | 5 | John —, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence |
| 32% | FISHER | 6 | Former Olympic athlete Hugh ___ who works as a medical doctor at the Northlands Medical Clinic in British Columbia |
| 32% | ROY | 3 | British singer Wood who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO |
| 32% | AROAR | 5 | Like crowds in the heat of a match |
| 32% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 31% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 31% | MASTHEAD | 8 | The title of a newspaper as it appears in print |
| 31% | MANIC | 5 | Like Monday, in the title of a Bangles hit |
| 31% | SWAM | 4 | Competed in the first leg of a triathlon |
| 31% | SWAM | 4 | Participated in the first third of a triathlon |
| 31% | OUTSWAM | 7 | Defeated in the first part of a triathlon |
| 31% | ALINE | 5 | Cut of a skirt, like the first capital letter |
| 31% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 31% | BAKE | 4 | Cook in the oven, as a pan of brownies |
| 31% | SALLY | 5 | "The Adventures of ___," novel by P.G. Wodehouse first published as a book in 1922 |
| 31% | DISCONTENT | 10 | "The first step in the progress of a man or a nation," per Oscar Wilde |
| 31% | SILKY | 5 | Like the hair of a model in a shampoo ad |
| 31% | AZALEA | 6 | Last flower in the first section of a botanical dictionary |
| 31% | SWAY | 4 | Move in the breeze, as a tree (anagram of "ways") |
| 30% | NAY | 3 | The opposite of "Yea," as in a vote |
| 30% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 30% | CHELSEAGRAMMAR | 14 | Star of a sitcom in which the First Daughter learns syntax? |
| 30% | NOTRE | 5 | First word of the Lord's Prayer in French |