| 100% | CARVE | 5 | Make a jack-o'-lantern |
| 96% | CARVE | 5 | Make a jack-o'-lantern, say |
| 91% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Fruit often used to make a jack-o-lantern |
| 87% | PRIMETHEPUMPKIN | 15 | Remove all its seeds, in preparation for making a jack-o'-lantern? |
| 83% | CARVE | 5 | Make, as a jack-o'-lantern |
| 72% | HOLLOW | 6 | Like a jack-o'-lantern |
| 72% | CARVE | 5 | Prepare a jack-o'-lantern |
| 72% | CARVE | 5 | Create a jack-o'-lantern |
| 68% | CARVE | 5 | Turn into a jack-o'-lantern |
| 68% | PORCH | 5 | Place for a jack-o'-lantern |
| 68% | CARVE | 5 | Work on a jack-o'-lantern |
| 67% | CARVE | 5 | Create a jack-o'-lantern's face |
| 66% | HYPHEN | 6 | One of two in a jack-o'-lantern? |
| 65% | CARVE | 5 | Cut, like a jack-o'-lantern or a turkey |
| 64% | EYES | 4 | Features that may be triangular on a jack-o'-lantern |
| 62% | PUMPKINS | 8 | Jack-o'-lanterns are made from these orange squash |
| 61% | ROT | 3 | Go bad, like a jack-o'-lantern two days after carving, seemingly |
| 60% | LEGALIZING | 10 | Making O.K., in a way |
| 58% | ALLWORK | 7 | What makes Jack a dull boy |
| 57% | BOUFFANT | 8 | A puffed-out hairstyle made famous by Jackie O |
| 55% | ALLWORK | 7 | This, and no play, make Jack a dull boy |
| 55% | PLAY | 4 | "All work and no ___ makes Jack a dull boy" |
| 55% | WORK | 4 | "All ___ and no play makes Jack a dull boy" |
| 55% | PLAY | 4 | "All work and no___ makes Jack a dull boy" |
| 54% | CARVE | 5 | Turn a pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern |
| 54% | PUMPKINPATCH | 12 | Place to pick a future jack-o'-lantern |
| 51% | LORDJIM | 7 | Joseph Conrad novel made into a 1965 film starring Peter O'Toole |
| 49% | PUMPKIN | 7 | Jack-o'-lantern |
| 49% | PUMPKINS | 8 | Jack-o'-lanterns |
| 49% | RELATE | 6 | Make a connection |