| 100% | PAPER | 5 | Material on which one would write romantic messages in olden times (and even now!) |
| 42% | LETTER | 6 | Medium via which one would have conveyed their romantic feelings to their beloved in olden times |
| 34% | PIGEON | 6 | Messenger bird that was used to carry romantic messages in olden times |
| 27% | APPLIQUE | 8 | Needlework technique in which trimming of one material is sewn on to a larger piece |
| 27% | JETE | 4 | Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other |
| 26% | MAN | 3 | "___ and Superman," four-act drama written in 1903 by George Bernard Shaw which is based on the Don Juan theme |
| 26% | WATCH | 5 | Time-tracking device, which now comes in "Smart" variants and can measure your heartbeat |
| 25% | CAKE | 4 | On which "Happy Birthday" might be written in icing |
| 25% | ADREP | 5 | One dealing in space and time |
| 25% | QUAINTMISBEHAVIN | 16 | Carryin' on, in olden times? |
| 24% | AWFUL | 5 | Like the shows "Here's Where I Belong" in '68 and "La Strada" in '69, both of which lasted one night on Broadway |
| 24% | RACE | 4 | The next one of these will start in Paris on September 5th, 2021 and end (hopefully) on November 16th, 2021 at Dakar, Senegal |
| 24% | PAPYRUS | 7 | Material made in ancient Egypt for writing on |
| 24% | NANOSECOND | 10 | Time in which light travels one foot, approximately |
| 24% | WEEDERS | 7 | Ones on hands and knees in the garden |
| 24% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | Singer of "My Life Would Suck Without You," which jumped 96 spots to #1 on the charts in one week in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 24% | PEOPLE | 6 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___," self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time |
| 24% | FUR | 3 | Material once in demand which is now politically incorrect |
| 24% | STEPMOM | 7 | Harry and Wills acquired one in 2005 |
| 24% | SEAL | 4 | Envelope-closing wax one would have used in olden times to lock a 46a |
| 24% | PARCHMENT | 9 | Writing material in medieval times |
| 24% | STARSEARCH | 10 | TV show on which Billy Porter and Usher appeared in the nineties |
| 23% | ESSAY | 5 | Alexander Pope wrote one on Criticism in 1711 |
| 23% | BOOTH | 5 | An enclosure in which one would find a phone |
| 23% | TABITHA | 7 | Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One" |
| 23% | KNITTING | 8 | Activity in which you cast on and cast off |
| 23% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which players play one at a time |
| 23% | SETTING | 7 | Place and time in which a movie is shot |
| 23% | BTW | 3 | "Oh, and one more thing ..." in a text message |
| 23% | TRAININGBRAS | 12 | Working on one's biceps and triceps in Toulon? |