| 100% | FADES | 5 | Men's haircuts that are long on top and buzzed on the side |
| 61% | MULLET | 6 | Haircut that's short on the top and sides and long in back |
| 46% | HITOPFADES | 10 | Haircuts that are short only on the sides |
| 43% | MENISCUS | 8 | Lens that is convex on one side and concave on the other |
| 43% | FADE | 4 | Haircut that's tapered on the sides |
| 42% | ACCORDION | 9 | Pleats that are small on top and large on bottom |
| 41% | TENBIGONES | 10 | Novel in Janet Evanovich's 32-Across series that was published between "To the Nines" and "Eleven on Top" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | MUDONTHETIRES | 13 | Studio album that was #1 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and whose title track was Brad Paisley's fourth #1 hit on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart (4 wds.) |
| 39% | OLD | 3 | ___ Man of the Mountain, former landmark that was featured on New Hampshire's 50 State quarter |
| 38% | CREW | 4 | ___ cut, military-inspired men's haircut, sported by John Cena, that was popular in the '80s |
| 38% | CUESTA | 6 | Hill that's steep on one side and gentle on the other |
| 38% | GOATEE | 6 | Beard that is short, pointed and just on the chin |
| 38% | MDL | 3 | Land border that was decided by the Korean Armistice Agreement and which is surrounded on either side by a buffer zone (abbr.) |
| 37% | LOBSTER | 7 | Food that might be served with crackers on the side |
| 37% | DREW | 4 | ___ Barrymore, actress and almost every '90s teen's crush from movies like "Boys on the Side" and "Never Been Kissed" |
| 36% | MONSTERMASHUP | 13 | *Halloween costume that's a sheet on the bottom and a witch's hat on top? |
| 36% | CITY | 4 | TV series "Sex and the ___" with Sarah Jessica Parker that is based on Candace Bushnell's novel of the same name |
| 36% | SPOOLHEELS | 10 | Women’s shoe parts that are wide at the top and bottom and narrower in the middle |
| 36% | MAN | 3 | "First ___," 2018 biographical film starring Ryan Gosling that was based on 30a and the Apollo 11 mission |
| 36% | ONESWEETDAY | 11 | 1995 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men song that topped the charts for 16 weeks, the longest of the 1990s: 3 wds. |
| 36% | SWEETDAY | 8 | "One ___," a song by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, that was Billboard's most successful song of the 1990s: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WHY | 3 | TV series "13 Reasons ___" with Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford that is based on Jay Asher's novel of the same name |
| 36% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | TV series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman that is based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 36% | LES | 3 | "___ Miserables," musical based on Victor Hugo's novel that is one of the longest-running musicals in the West End |
| 35% | BLUBBER | 7 | 1974 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #43 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 35% | FOREVER | 7 | 1975 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #16 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TIGEREYES | 9 | 1981 young adult novel by 45-Across that is #87 on the ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books (2000-2009) (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HOME | 4 | "America's Funniest ___ Videos," video clip show that is based on the Japanese variety show "Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan" |
| 35% | LIARS | 5 | TV series "Pretty Little ___" with Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario that is based on Sara Shepard's novel series of the same name |
| 35% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |