| 100% | GRIPE | 5 | Many a letter to the editor |
| 63% | GRIPE | 5 | Letter to the editor, often |
| 63% | SASE | 4 | Letter to the editor accompanier: Abbr. |
| 59% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole |
| 58% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 55% | AMIGA | 5 | Many a quinceañera invitee, to the birthday girl |
| 54% | BOOT | 4 | Change a letter to get the body part it goes on |
| 53% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a young child |
| 53% | ABCS | 4 | The letters, to a beginning reader |
| 52% | EYE | 3 | Three letters to describe the opening in a needle |
| 52% | ALL | 3 | "___ the letters..." (from A to Z) |
| 52% | ABCS | 4 | The 26 letters, to a child |
| 52% | ERRAND | 6 | Task like mailing a letter or running to the bank |
| 51% | ESQ | 3 | Letters on the door to a lawyer's office |
| 50% | CORD | 4 | Telephone wire, or change a letter in 14a to get the answer |
| 50% | MUM | 3 | Close-mouthed, or change a letter in 27d to get the answer |
| 50% | MAD | 3 | Extremely upset, or change a letter in 6d to get the answer |
| 49% | LETTER | 6 | ___ to the editor |
| 49% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 49% | WARM | 4 | Like some welcomes, or change a letter in 39a to get the answer |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Letters next to the 2 on a phone keypad |
| 49% | STATIONBREAKS | 13 | Commercials, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 49% | SETTINGBACK | 11 | Delaying, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 49% | EDITOR | 6 | Letter to the ___ |
| 48% | SAS | 3 | Letters on the side of a plane from Beijing to Oslo, say |
| 48% | SIGN | 4 | Use a closed fist to represent the letter S, say |
| 48% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, to a Torontonian |
| 48% | ONE | 3 | Answer to the joke "How many dull people does it take to change a lightbulb?" |
| 48% | DELE | 4 | Editor's mark to remove a certain part of the text, for short |
| 48% | OMEGA | 5 | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |