| 100% | NEXTGEN | 7 | Like the latest tech advances, for short: Hyph. |
| 46% | APT | 3 | Like the last name Fields, for a farmer |
| 46% | CATH | 4 | Like the Pope, for short |
| 46% | ASAP | 4 | Like the blazes, for short |
| 45% | BLDG | 4 | Like the Empire State, for short |
| 44% | PREK | 4 | Like the Head Start program, for short |
| 44% | NYE | 3 | The last night of the year, for short |
| 43% | RTES | 4 | Certain highways, like the 66, for short |
| 43% | RUNG | 4 | Like the Liberty Bell in 1846, for the last time |
| 42% | IRREG | 5 | Like the verbs "wear", "come", "kneel" and "to be", for short |
| 42% | TBD | 3 | Like the two Super Bowl teams in early January, for short |
| 42% | DINO | 4 | Beast in the latest "Jurassic World," for short |
| 41% | LGBT | 4 | Like the group you're in if you're out, for short |
| 41% | LGBT | 4 | Like the community for Lil Nas X and k.d. lang, for short |
| 41% | SYS | 3 | What the last letter in 14-Across stands for, for short |
| 41% | BBALL | 5 | The NBA's game, for short: Hyph. |
| 41% | IRA | 3 | Vehicle for the later years, for short? |
| 40% | TKO | 3 | It's declared after the last hit, for short |
| 39% | WARTORN | 7 | Like Syria, for the last decade |
| 39% | RECENT | 6 | Like the latest |
| 38% | ETC | 3 | And the like, for short |
| 38% | INVOGUE | 7 | Like the latest trends |
| 38% | ULTRAMODERN | 11 | Like the latest computers |
| 38% | FRI | 3 | Short word for the last day of the workweek |
| 38% | CARB | 4 | Low-___, for short (like the Atkins diet) |
| 38% | STATEOFTHEART | 13 | Like the latest in technology |
| 38% | HIGHTECH | 8 | Like the latest computing equipment |
| 38% | EATEN | 5 | Like the last cookie (darnit!) |
| 38% | SETTING | 7 | Like the late-afternoon sun |
| 37% | HEP | 3 | Like the latest, in the past |