| 100% | EARDROPS | 8 | Liquid medicines inserted into the side of the head: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TBONE | 5 | Crash head-on into the side of, informally |
| 45% | UPON | 4 | Get ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds. |
| 45% | UPON | 4 | Getting ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOMFLORES | 9 | Raiders/Seahawks head coach who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday: 2 wds. |
| 44% | STARIN | 6 | Head the cast of a film: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MOUNTRUSHMORE | 13 | Iconic site in South Dakota, that features the heads of four U.S. presidents carved into the mountain: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHIPPERJONES | 12 | Atlanta Braves switch hitter who hit over .300 from both sides of the plate: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BUDDYVALASTRO | 13 | Name of the head baker featured on 1-/5-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | GOTO | 4 | ___ the Head of the Class (kids' game): 2 wds. |
| 41% | WARRENMOON | 10 | Undrafted quarterback who was the first African American quarterback inducted into the Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MRB | 3 | Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SOA | 3 | "___ man walks into the bar..." (start of many jokes): 2 wds. |
| 41% | SKYBLUE | 7 | Color of the expanse above our heads: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ACUPUNCTURE | 11 | Component of traditional Chinese medicine in which metal needles are inserted into the skin |
| 40% | HOYTWILHELM | 11 | Relief pitcher with nine teams, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EARS | 4 | Two on the side of the head |
| 40% | EAR | 3 | Organ on the side of the head |
| 40% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Early TV comedian who was a charter inductee into the Television Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Gangster at the head of a Prohibition-era crime syndicate: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | Lobed organ on the side of the head |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | It's on the side of the head |
| 39% | TEMPLE | 6 | Flat part at the side of the head |
| 39% | EAR | 3 | Body part on the side of the head |
| 39% | MIKEMUSSINA | 11 | Orioles pitcher inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EARCLIP | 7 | Bit of jewelry on the side of the head |
| 39% | MIDEAR | 6 | Like some blows to the side of the head |
| 39% | EARMUFFS | 8 | Fluffy winter coverings for the sides of the head |
| 39% | EARRING | 7 | Studs, each worn on the sides of the head |
| 39% | TREVORHOFFMAN | 13 | Relief pitcher with the Marlins, Padres, and Brewers, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds. |