| 100% | DWELL | 5 | Linger in the past, for e.g. |
| 75% | REGRET | 6 | Wish one hadn't behaved a certain way in the past, for e.g. |
| 61% | PDA | 3 | Kissing in the park, for e.g.: Abbr. |
| 58% | TENSE | 5 | Past, for the verb "were," e.g. |
| 58% | SMOKER | 6 | In the past, informal gathering for men |
| 57% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Reality is a thing of the past" for "The Matrix," e.g. |
| 57% | PDA | 3 | Kissing in the hallways, e.g., for short |
| 57% | PDA | 3 | Smooching in the park, e.g., for short |
| 55% | ORB | 3 | Sphere in the sky (moon, for e.g.) |
| 54% | SKI | 3 | Compete in the Super G, e.g. |
| 53% | ETS | 3 | The Monstars in "Space Jam," e.g., for short |
| 50% | SAGA | 4 | Gossip story that stays in the news for weeks, e.g. |
| 50% | GRAPHICS | 8 | What the G stands for in GIF |
| 50% | GAL | 3 | The g in mpg, for short |
| 49% | ETS | 3 | Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., for short |
| 49% | MASS | 4 | What the "m" stands for in E = mc² |
| 49% | ENL | 3 | In the 29-Down, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 48% | ALUM | 4 | Person in the '00 class, e.g. |
| 48% | TRACEELEMENT | 12 | Cobalt in the human body, e.g. |
| 48% | EXPAT | 5 | American in the U.K., e.g. |
| 48% | RUNT | 4 | "Babe" in the 1995 film, e.g. |
| 48% | SNOOP | 5 | Peek in the medicine cabinet, e.g. |
| 48% | EXPM | 4 | May in the U.K., e.g. |
| 48% | ISLE | 4 | Man in the Irish Sea, e.g. |
| 48% | WATERMEN | 8 | Guys in the fishing business, e.g. |
| 48% | RET | 3 | No longer in the mil., e.g. |
| 48% | OGRESS | 6 | Fiona, in the "Shrek" franchise, e.g. |
| 48% | IDIOM | 5 | "A pain in the neck," e.g. |
| 48% | CIRCUSACT | 9 | Performance in the center ring, e.g. |
| 48% | AGO | 3 | In the past |