| 100% | SLAIN | 5 | Like the Jabberwock, by the vorpal blade |
| 50% | TOASTY | 6 | Like a spot by the fire |
| 49% | RIGHT | 5 | Like triangles governed by the Pythagorean theorem |
| 49% | ASIAN | 5 | Like the mynah, by origin |
| 48% | GALUMPH | 7 | Walk clumsily, like the Jabberwock slayer |
| 48% | GALUMPH | 7 | Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer |
| 47% | NATIVE | 6 | Like authors featured by the NDN Girls Book Club |
| 47% | UNSEWN | 6 | Like fabric by the yard |
| 46% | AUGEAN | 6 | Like the stables cleaned by Hercules |
| 46% | SOBER | 5 | Like the designated driver, by design |
| 46% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the lion slain by Hercules |
| 46% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the lion killed by Hercules |
| 46% | SCIMITAR | 8 | Blade like the zulfiqar, in Muslim tradition |
| 46% | SLIMY | 5 | Like the trail left by a slug |
| 46% | BRITISH | 7 | Like the invasion led by 35-Down |
| 46% | COINED | 6 | Like the word "truthiness," by Stephen Colbert |
| 46% | TRIBAL | 6 | Like the council led by Jeff Probst |
| 46% | EERIE | 5 | Like a ghost story by the campfire |
| 46% | SOMALI | 6 | Like the novelist Nadifa Mohamed, by birth |
| 45% | AMONGFRIENDS | 12 | *Surrounded by the like-minded |
| 45% | EASYMONEY | 9 | Loot liked by the lazy |
| 45% | CRIMEAN | 7 | Like the peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 |
| 45% | LAST | 4 | Like the Supper painted by Leonardo da Vinci |
| 45% | BLEAK | 5 | Like the mood fostered by "Waiting for Godot" |
| 45% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes tasted by Aesop's fox |
| 45% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes in a fable by Aesop |
| 45% | POPMUSIC | 8 | Tunes liked by the general public |
| 45% | TATTOOS | 7 | Skin decorations liked by the Maya |
| 44% | AVANTGARDE | 10 | Like the work spelled out by the circled letters |
| 44% | RAPID | 5 | Like the results provided by at-home COVID tests |