| 100% | AMIGA | 5 | Many a quinceañera invitee, to the birthday girl |
| 55% | JOLLYGOOD | 9 | For she's a __ fellow; sung to the birthday girl |
| 51% | GRIPE | 5 | Many a letter to the editor |
| 47% | SAVINGSBOUND | 12 | Like the birthday money from Grandma to a responsible kid? |
| 44% | ONE | 3 | Answer to the joke "How many dull people does it take to change a lightbulb?" |
| 43% | AFT | 3 | Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from |
| 43% | OPENIT | 6 | Order to a birthday girl or boy |
| 43% | ISAIDSO | 7 | The "because" to many a child's "why?" |
| 43% | FROGGER | 7 | “The arcade game with the most ways to die,” per a 1982 review |
| 42% | INDIAN | 6 | ← Member of the only team to win this many games in a season |
| 42% | HINT | 4 | "Give me a ___" ("I need a little more info to get the answer") |
| 42% | OMAR | 4 | ___ Bradley, the most recent person to be named a US five-star general |
| 42% | EILEEN | 6 | Girl who's told to "Come on" more than 20 times during a 1982 pop smash |
| 41% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find the solution for a test, in more ways than one, informally |
| 41% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 41% | CHICKENTORIDE | 13 | Song in which The Beatles say goodbye to a girl on a big bird? (1965) |
| 41% | NIECE | 5 | Many a flower girl |
| 40% | OKAPI | 5 | Shortest invitee to the giraffe family reunion |
| 40% | ALL | 3 | "This is to a girl who got into my head with ___ the pretty things she did" |
| 40% | DONOR | 5 | Invitee to a fundraising gala |
| 40% | ANT | 3 | Bug that the more than 1 million members of a certain Facebook group pretend to be |
| 40% | NUN | 3 | Many a "Derry Girls" teacher |
| 40% | STEEL | 5 | Many a shipment to Detroit |
| 40% | SHIA | 4 | Many a pilgrim to Mecca |
| 40% | SEVEN | 5 | The number that's most likely to be picked when guessing a number from 1-10, per psych studies |
| 40% | QUASAR | 6 | One of a number of astronomical bodies thought to be the most luminous objects in the universe |
| 39% | DRAWTWO | 7 | Uno card that causes the next player to take more cards and lose a turn (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ANN | 3 | Many a girl's middle name |
| 39% | APORT | 5 | To the left, to a sailor |
| 39% | ASTERN | 6 | To the rear, to a salt |