| 100% | ALIAS | 5 | Name that might be introduced with the letters "AKA" |
| 58% | EMOTIONS | 8 | Things that might be raised in court … with or without the shaded letter |
| 51% | DOG | 3 | Animal that might be registered with the American Kennel Club |
| 51% | STU | 3 | Name that can be found in the letters preceding V |
| 49% | CEMENTSHOES | 11 | Things that may be worn by someone sleeping with the fishes |
| 49% | LOBSTER | 7 | Food that might be served with crackers on the side |
| 49% | MEAD | 4 | Beverage that may be marketed with a bee-inspired name |
| 49% | MINCEMEAT | 9 | Pie filling that might be vegetarian, despite the name |
| 48% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 48% | HOWDO | 5 | Greeting that might be made with a tip of the hat |
| 48% | FIB | 3 | Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back |
| 48% | SCHMEAR | 7 | Bagel spread that can be spelled with the letters in cream cheese |
| 47% | JENNIFER | 8 | Name that may have been derived from the juniper plant and common to 13a, 18a, 32a, and 39d |
| 46% | FANNYPACK | 9 | Bag that may be worn over the shoulder, in spite of its name |
| 46% | FACECARD | 8 | It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter |
| 46% | USS | 3 | Letters that might precede nine presidential names affiliated with aircraft carriers |
| 46% | DRE | 3 | Name that might be short for Andrea |
| 45% | LIP | 3 | Part of the body that may be plumped with collagen |
| 45% | RANSOM | 6 | Kind of note that might be written with letters clipped from a magazine |
| 45% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 44% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 44% | ZULU | 4 | Letter of the NATO alphabet that is also the name of an African language |
| 44% | ELMER | 5 | Name that might stick with you? |
| 44% | TIPIN | 5 | Type of basket that might be attempted with 0.1 seconds on the shot clock |
| 43% | ESPY | 4 | Award whose name is one letter different from the channel that originated it |
| 43% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 43% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 43% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 42% | COLLIE | 6 | Dog that might be named Shep |
| 42% | CAT | 3 | Pet that might be named Tabbytha |