| 100% | MALLETORCLAW | 12 | M/C Hammer? |
| 70% | ESCHER | 6 | M. C. __, optical illusion artist |
| 70% | ESCHER | 6 | Artist M. C. ___ |
| 69% | ESCHER | 6 | M C __, Dutch graphic artist of bizarre staircases |
| 69% | ESCHER | 6 | M. C. __, artist of impossible works |
| 67% | PES | 3 | M. Hammer and S. Holmes |
| 67% | THEDEADLY | 9 | & 18D 2004 novel by M C Beaton |
| 67% | SEN | 3 | M. LeBreton and C.Callbeck |
| 62% | ILOTT | 5 | M C —, England Test cricket debutant against Australia in Nottingham in 1993 |
| 62% | ANT | 3 | Crawler on an M. C. Escher Möbius strip |
| 62% | ANT | 3 | Sight on an M. C. Escher Möbius strip |
| 60% | ESCHER | 6 | M C —, Dutch graphic artist whose works include 1928 woodcut Tower of Babel |
| 58% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numerals (I, V, X, L, C, D, M) |
| 57% | DEATHOFA | 8 | & 16D 1985 novel by M C Beaton that introduced the character Hamish Macbeth |
| 56% | NUMERALS | 8 | Roman ___ (I, V, X, L, C, D, and M) |
| 56% | ROMAN | 5 | ___ numeral (I, V, X, L, C, D, or M) |
| 56% | SIZES | 5 | L and M, but not I, V, or C |
| 56% | THREE | 5 | Value of B, C, M or P, in Scrabble |
| 56% | DET | 3 | S. Spade or M. Hammer |
| 54% | ESCHER | 6 | Artist M.C. |
| 53% | COWDREY | 7 | M C —, England Test cricketer who made 148 against West Indies in Port-of-Spain in 1968 |
| 53% | RAISIN | 6 | Agatha —, fictional creation of M C Beaton who first appeared in a 1992 mystery novel |
| 53% | LITHO | 5 | M.C. Escher print, e.g. |
| 53% | BRRR | 4 | "I'm c-cold!" |
| 53% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | Academy Awards M.C.? |
| 52% | THREE | 5 | Number of Scrabble points for a B, C, M or P |
| 51% | BRR | 3 | "I'm c-c-cold!" |
| 51% | BRRR | 4 | “I’m c-c-cold!” |