| 100% | ALEXIA | 6 | Loss of the ability to read |
| 79% | AGRAPHIA | 8 | Loss of the ability to write |
| 73% | PARALYSIS | 9 | The loss of the ability to move due to injury |
| 63% | LITERACY | 8 | The ability to read and write |
| 59% | SOCIALIQ | 8 | Ability to read the room, say |
| 59% | PSYCHIC | 7 | Ability to read minds or the future |
| 55% | AGNOSIA | 7 | Loss of ability to process sensory information |
| 55% | APHASIA | 7 | Loss of ability to understand or produce speech |
| 55% | FLUIDITY | 8 | The ability of a substance to flow easily |
| 54% | AGRAPHIA | 8 | Neurologically caused loss of ability to write |
| 54% | HAEMOPHILIA | 11 | Inheritable disease characterized by loss of the normal clotting ability of blood |
| 53% | APHASIA | 7 | Medical term for loss of ability to speak |
| 52% | CHOICE | 6 | To have the ability to pick one of two things |
| 52% | OVERSCAN | 8 | TV ability to enlarge and lose edges of the picture |
| 51% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to talk) |
| 51% | BOOKS | 5 | Things people resolve to read more of in the New Year |
| 50% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak well) |
| 50% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak eloquently) |
| 50% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to speak confidently) |
| 50% | GAB | 3 | Gift of the ___ (ability to talk well) |
| 50% | APHERESIS | 9 | Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as "opossum" to "possum" |
| 50% | ALIENSPACEBARCRAFT | 18 | E.T.'s ability to use the lower part of a keyboard? |
| 49% | TALENT | 6 | “What’s ___ but the ability to get away with something?”: Tennessee Williams, “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone” |
| 49% | RITE | 4 | Learning to read and w___ is one of the first things taught in school |
| 49% | LIVES | 5 | Is completely unaware of the modern world (when read in relation to 6-Across) |
| 49% | LITERACY | 8 | Ability to read |
| 48% | BALDRAP | 7 | Hip-hop subgenre dedicated to the woes of hair loss? |
| 48% | LITERACY | 8 | Ability to read & write |
| 48% | MOBILITY | 8 | The ability to move |
| 48% | BUOYANCY | 8 | The ability to float |