| 100% | CELLO | 5 | Ma has a bow for it |
| 59% | KNIFE | 5 | Butlers have a stand for it |
| 54% | TOESHOE | 7 | It has a tip for a ballerina |
| 54% | TBOLT | 5 | It has a crosspiece for a head |
| 54% | CUE | 3 | It has a tip for game-playing |
| 54% | GAB | 3 | Some people have a gift for it |
| 53% | VISOR | 5 | It has openings for a knight |
| 52% | NEWCAR | 6 | It has a smell named for it |
| 52% | OCD | 3 | A germophobe might have it, for short |
| 52% | POOLCUE | 7 | It has a tip for players in the game room |
| 52% | BED | 3 | Article of furniture that has a room named for it |
| 52% | EWE | 3 | Sheep that might have a pink bow around its neck |
| 52% | MODELSHIP | 9 | It has a little bow at one end |
| 51% | TEE | 3 | One may have a band's name on it, for short |
| 50% | MATCHBOX | 8 | It has a rough-textured side for striking a light |
| 50% | PACHINKO | 8 | Its player may have a yen for gambling |
| 49% | TSA | 3 | It has to deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 49% | WILDLIFE | 8 | The World __ Fund has a panda for its logo |
| 47% | EUFLAG | 6 | It has a ring of 12 gold stars on a blue background, for short |
| 47% | ARGOS | 5 | Retail company known for its catalogs, named after a Greek city that had many mythological kings |
| 47% | STOLENBASE | 10 | One has to make a run for it |
| 46% | TOBLERONE | 9 | Swiss chocolate brand known for its prism-shaped packaging that has a snowy mountain in its logo |
| 46% | PERCIVALEVERETT | 15 | “The Trees” novelist who told the Guardian, “America has a great talent for hiding its own transgressions” |
| 46% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
| 46% | EVEREST | 7 | Its namesake, a former Surveyor General of India, objected to having it named for him |
| 46% | DAYUSE | 6 | A parking garage may have special pricing for it |
| 45% | YEN | 3 | Have a ___ for |
| 45% | YOYO | 4 | Ma with a bow |
| 45% | EMS | 3 | The express lane at a supermarket is for people who have ten it___ or less |
| 45% | ICAN | 4 | "___ take a hint!" ("You don't have to spell it out for me"): 2 wds. |