| 100% | LETTER | 6 | Medium via which one would have conveyed their romantic feelings to their beloved in olden times |
| 39% | SEAL | 4 | Envelope-closing wax one would have used in olden times to lock a 46a |
| 38% | PAPER | 5 | Material on which one would write romantic messages in olden times (and even now!) |
| 28% | LETIN | 5 | Letters which one will have to unjumble to mean information a spy collects or "intel" |
| 28% | ELUC | 4 | Letters which one will have to unjumble to mean a spy's lead or "clue" |
| 28% | BROPE | 5 | Letters which one will have to unjumble to mean a spy's thorough investigation or "probe" |
| 28% | PIGEON | 6 | Messenger bird that was used to carry romantic messages in olden times |
| 24% | SALADDAYS | 9 | Youthful time in one's life ... which this puzzle might harken solvers back to? |
| 24% | ERST | 4 | Prefix with "while" to mean formerly, in olden times |
| 23% | BOOTH | 5 | An enclosure in which one would find a phone |
| 23% | HEIR | 4 | One who has the will to succeed |
| 23% | EMAIL | 5 | Medium in which one might achieve Inbox Zero |
| 23% | SPHEREOFCONTROL | 15 | Area in which one has power |
| 23% | CAREERISTS | 10 | Ones who strive to move up in their fields |
| 22% | SHOEMAKER | 9 | One who has to watch their tongue on the job? |
| 22% | AMA | 3 | Woody Harrelson had one in 2012 in which he refused to answer questions that weren't related to the movie Rampart: abbr. |
| 22% | NEEDSADULTSUPERVISION | 21 | In other words, mom or dad will have to operate it |
| 22% | MATCHPOINT | 10 | Situation in which one person might have the advantage |
| 22% | PAROLEHEARING | 13 | Meeting in which one person is anxious to leave |
| 22% | DNATESTING | 10 | Business in which one is paid to establish relationships |
| 22% | SHOPAHOLIC | 10 | One who always has time to spend? |
| 22% | NARUTORUNS | 10 | Anime-inspired streaks in which one leans forward with their arms outstretched behind them |
| 22% | EST | 3 | Zone Detroiters have to ensure their clock's set to if they want to be on time voting in the presidential election (abbr.) |
| 22% | CRICKET | 7 | Game in which each team has one or two innings |
| 22% | ISPY | 4 | Game in which you might have to find "something blue" |
| 22% | VILLAINERA | 10 | Phase in which one subverts the expectation to be nice |
| 22% | LINES | 5 | Queues that one may have to wait in on 16a |
| 22% | NANOSECOND | 10 | Time in which light travels one foot, approximately |
| 22% | CELLPHONENUMB | 13 | Having no feeling in one's texting hand? |
| 21% | PINT | 4 | Stop in time to have beer |