| 100% | STATIC | 6 | Motionless electrical charge rather than a current |
| 38% | PITCHER | 7 | Rather than a solo glass, order this for the table |
| 37% | HUMANISM | 8 | Belief system based on persons rather than a deity |
| 37% | ROADRACE | 8 | Running event held on streets rather than a track |
| 36% | PAYCASH | 7 | Use paper money rather than a credit card: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HOMEBREW | 8 | Beer made in someone's house rather than a factory |
| 36% | REPUBLIC | 8 | State ruled by an elected leader rather than a monarch |
| 36% | MELT | 4 | Patty ___ (cheeseburger using slices of bread rather than a bun) |
| 35% | ART | 3 | "A veil, rather than a mirror," per Oscar Wilde |
| 33% | ONSTAFF | 7 | Employed full-time, rather than as a temp: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TYPE | 4 | Use a keyboard rather than a pencil |
| 32% | ZONEDEFENSE | 11 | Basketball strategy where each person guards an area of the court, rather than a specific player |
| 32% | LONE | 4 | ___ wolf (one who prefers to be alone rather than in a group) |
| 32% | INREM | 5 | Against a thing rather than a person, legally |
| 32% | PRELAW | 6 | College track (rather than a major) |
| 30% | NETPOSITIVE | 11 | That it catches fish in big batches rather than one at a time, e.g.? |
| 29% | GREEN | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! Caught ___-handed, when you're caught in an eco-friendly act rather than a suspicious one |
| 29% | HONORARY | 8 | A nominal title conferred, rather than earned |
| 29% | NOHIT | 5 | "I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a ___ game" (Bob Feller) |
| 29% | ERE | 3 | Rather than |
| 29% | INLIEUOF | 8 | Rather than |
| 29% | INSTEADOF | 9 | Rather than |
| 29% | BEFORE | 6 | Rather than |
| 29% | UNITER | 6 | What George W. Bush claimed to be (rather than a divider) |
| 28% | TIDE | 4 | A current movement |
| 28% | DIGITAL | 7 | A watch that shows numbers rather than pointers |
| 28% | APPLIED | 7 | A field that is practical rather than academic |
| 28% | PRIORI | 6 | A __: based on deduction rather than experience |
| 27% | ERE | 3 | Rather than, to Cowper |
| 27% | INLIEU | 6 | Rather than, with "of" |