| 100% | ONTOUR | 6 | Like Taylor Swift for most of 2023 and 2024 |
| 48% | ENGAGED | 7 | Like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, as of August |
| 44% | YRS | 3 | 2024, 2023, and the likes, for short |
| 41% | YRS | 3 | 2023 and 2024, for short |
| 39% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Taylor Swift song that was 20th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (Hyph.) |
| 38% | ALONE | 5 | Like Kevin McCallister for much of the movie |
| 38% | CRUELSUMMER | 11 | Taylor Swift song that was third on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ITEM | 4 | Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, for one |
| 38% | POPDIVAS | 8 | Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, for two |
| 37% | ERAS | 4 | Taylor Swift's "reputation" and "Lover," for two |
| 37% | ICY | 3 | Like Arendelle for most of "Frozen" |
| 37% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Taylor Swift's tale speaks of Romeo and Juliet |
| 37% | ASLEEP | 6 | Like Clara for most of "The Nutcracker" |
| 36% | ERAS | 4 | Taylor Swift's ___ Tour, record-breaking series of 2023-24 concerts |
| 36% | MISERLY | 7 | Like Ebenezer Scrooge, for most of "A Christmas Carol" |
| 36% | ODD | 3 | Like 2023 and 2025, but not 2024 |
| 36% | YRS | 3 | 2022, 2023, and 2024, for short |
| 35% | USA | 3 | Country of players like Simone Biles and Gabrielle Thomas, which aced in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Give it up for this champion!: Abbr. |
| 35% | HIGH | 4 | ___ school, setting for many TV series like "Riverdale" and "Wednesday" |
| 35% | SWEET | 5 | Like the taste of most desserts and dessert wines |
| 35% | MUDDY | 5 | Like the habitats of many lugworms and fiddler crabs |
| 35% | TRAD | 4 | Like much folk music, for short (anagram of "dart") |
| 34% | PIGEONTOED | 10 | Taylor Swift's bequest of a pet bird for her friend Sheeran? |
| 34% | HOMOEROTIC | 10 | Like much of Shakespeare's and Sappho's love poetry |
| 34% | ERAS | 4 | Taylor Swift's 2023-2024 tour |
| 34% | CMA | 3 | Org. that awarded Taylor Swift "Entertainer of the Year" in 2009 and 2011 |
| 33% | ARTDEGREE | 9 | Piece of paper for drawing, painting, and the like? |
| 33% | POP | 3 | Genre for Taylor Swift and Harry Styles |
| 33% | TELESCOPE | 9 | Optical instrument used by Galileo Galilei for many of his scientific observations of 17a, 35a, 24d, and 43d |
| 33% | MOATED | 6 | Like the temple complex of Angkor Wat and many old English castles |