| 100% | ETHAN | 5 | Name hidden across more than one word in this clue |
| 49% | MEL | 3 | Name located across two words in this clue |
| 49% | MEL | 3 | Name lying across two words in this clue |
| 42% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 41% | ELM | 3 | Word in more than 5,000 U.S. street names |
| 41% | TIM | 3 | Name found in this clue's penultimate word |
| 41% | KOREA | 5 | Region where more than one in five people has the family name Kim |
| 40% | ELTON | 5 | Name hidden in this clue (not left-to-right) |
| 40% | ANNE | 4 | Hidden name in this clue (if you read backwards) |
| 40% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might hold up negotiations |
| 40% | LEN | 3 | Male name hidden in this clue |
| 39% | PHRASE | 6 | More than one word, usually |
| 39% | EGO | 3 | Word hidden in this clue that might be a detriment to negotiations |
| 38% | THE | 3 | Most commonly written word in English (though it doesn't appear in this clue) |
| 38% | ALOU | 4 | Fraternal outfielders' name hidden in this clue |
| 37% | DOS | 3 | More than one, in Madrid |
| 37% | ANSEL | 5 | Male's name hidden backward in this clue |
| 37% | NERO | 4 | The one Roman emperor hidden in this clue |
| 37% | CAPS | 4 | Feature of the last word in this CLUE |
| 36% | NDA | 3 | Confidentiality document, and a word in this clue rearranged |
| 36% | EEK | 3 | Shriek that rhymes with a word in this clue |
| 35% | PHAIR | 5 | Lilith Fair musician (and homophone of a word in this clue) |
| 35% | EKED | 4 | Squeaked (out), and a rhyme of a word in this clue |
| 35% | ONI | 3 | Demonic being whose name is hidden in this clue |
| 35% | LICE | 4 | More than one louse in a kid's hair |
| 35% | LEON | 4 | Name hidden in "little one' |
| 35% | RON | 3 | Name hidden in "number one" |
| 35% | CLASSIC | 7 | Word in many tournament names |
| 35% | SAN | 3 | Word in many cathedral names |
| 35% | SON | 3 | Word in many business names |