| 100% | NTH | 3 | Like one in a series |
| 76% | NTH | 3 | One in a series |
| 75% | RARE | 4 | Like one in a million |
| 73% | SAFE | 4 | Like one in a panic room, presumably |
| 73% | ARO | 3 | Like one in a queerplatonic relationship, briefly |
| 72% | EPISODE | 7 | One in a series of a television show |
| 72% | ARO | 3 | Like one in a queerplatonic relationship, for short |
| 69% | BEWHISKERED | 11 | Like one in need of a shave |
| 67% | VOLUME | 6 | Single book in a series, like an encyclopedia |
| 67% | EPISODE | 7 | Event or happening; one in a TV series |
| 67% | DAME | 4 | There's nothing like one, in a song |
| 66% | UNDERTHEWEATHER | 15 | Like one caught in a storm? |
| 66% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a girl starting kindergarten: 3 wds. |
| 65% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 64% | FOULPROOF | 9 | Like one playing basketball in a suit of armor? |
| 63% | REGISTRAR | 9 | One in charge of maintaining official documents like a register |
| 62% | LAST | 4 | Like one who crossed the line after everyone, in a race |
| 62% | CROSS | 5 | What words do in a puzzle like this one |
| 61% | NUTTY | 5 | Like a fruitcake, in more ways than one |
| 61% | APART | 5 | Miles ___ (like ones in a long-distance relationship) |
| 61% | EPISODE | 7 | One show in a TV series |
| 61% | CARRYOVER | 9 | Like a one in addition, often |
| 60% | YARD | 4 | One of 10 in a series of football downs |
| 60% | GROGGY | 6 | Like a drunken sailor, in more ways than one? |
| 60% | ALDESKO | 7 | Like a lunch eaten in one’s cubicle, cutesily |
| 60% | NEO | 3 | "The One," in a sci-fi film series |
| 60% | THEMETS | 7 | One squad in a Subway Series matchup |
| 60% | HOVER | 5 | Stay in one place, like a helicopter |
| 60% | HOVERS | 6 | Flies in one place, like a helicopter |
| 59% | ADULT | 5 | One whose voice sounds like a trombone, in "Peanuts" cartoons |