| 100% | TAPES | 5 | Medium for media that came before CDs and DVDs |
| 46% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 44% | GEO | 3 | Prefix that comes before "thermal" and "graphy," say |
| 44% | LASERS | 6 | Light beams that read CDs and DVDs |
| 44% | AEIOU | 5 | Vowels that come before "... and sometimes Y" |
| 43% | WORTHIT | 7 | Good enough to make up for everything that came before: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SAM | 3 | ___ Goody, popular music and entertainment retailer before the millennium that was known for its DVDs and high prices |
| 43% | MED | 3 | T-shirt size that comes before large, for short |
| 40% | PRE | 3 | Something that can come before side, late and face |
| 40% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Festival that comes before Thanksgiving Day and is celebrated on 31st October every year |
| 40% | LIEUTENANT | 10 | Rank that comes from the French for “place” and “holding” |
| 39% | VINYL | 5 | Medium that outsold CDs in 2020 for the first time since the 1980s |
| 39% | SKIRT | 5 | Word that can come after "poodle" and before "steak" |
| 35% | BUY | 3 | ___ school supplies, stationery shopping that's both a fun and necessary activity for the last weekend before school |
| 35% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 coming-of-age film that received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress |
| 35% | PRECURSOR | 9 | Something that came before, forerunner |
| 35% | SKA | 3 | Genre that came before rocksteady |
| 35% | DTS | 3 | Letters that come before AA? |
| 35% | SEMIS | 5 | Rounds that come before finals |
| 35% | TAU | 3 | Letter that comes before upsilon |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | Number that comes before two |
| 35% | ESS | 3 | Letter that comes before "tee" |
| 35% | MEAL | 4 | Thanksgiving ___, family tradition of coming together for a feast that includes turkey and yams |
| 35% | WISEACRE | 8 | Word that comes from the Dutch for "soothsayer" and, despite appearances, has no relation to a unit of measurement |
| 34% | VHS | 3 | Movie format that came before DVD |
| 34% | MENU | 4 | Carte that comes before the course |
| 34% | TRA | 3 | Sound that comes before "la la" |
| 34% | III | 3 | Roman numeral that comes before IV |
| 34% | TRA | 3 | Syllable that comes before "la la" |
| 34% | TRA | 3 | Syllable that comes before "la-la" |