| 100% | OBIT | 4 | News item that its subject never reads |
| 36% | OBIT | 4 | News item that often has a person's age in the headline |
| 36% | IVE | 3 | "___ never heard of that" ("It's new to me") |
| 36% | MISPLACEDKEY | 12 | Item that isn't on its regular hook |
| 36% | RETRO | 5 | So old that it's new |
| 35% | STILT | 5 | Item that can be used to gain new heights? |
| 35% | SILENTP | 7 | Item that's a given but never said in psalms |
| 35% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Letter greeting never read by its intended recipient |
| 35% | NEW | 3 | Like an item that's never been used |
| 34% | LET | 3 | "___ it never be said that ..." |
| 34% | OAR | 3 | Item that works best when it's half in the water |
| 34% | DIM | 3 | Dark enough that it's hard to read, perhaps |
| 33% | SOCK | 4 | Clothing item that might lose its mate in the laundry |
| 33% | HUFFPOST | 8 | News site that shortened its name in 2017 |
| 33% | MIC | 3 | Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed |
| 33% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 33% | EGG | 3 | Item that can be spun to determine whether it's raw or cooked |
| 33% | STRAW | 5 | Single-use plastic item that's increasingly the subject of bans |
| 33% | SUNRISE | 7 | Subject of the painting that gave Impressionism its name |
| 33% | PERMANENTPRESTO | 15 | Magic word that never loses its power? |
| 32% | GEE | 3 | “I never thought of it that way!” |
| 32% | GEE | 3 | "I never thought about it like that ..." |
| 32% | CDS | 3 | Media that newer computers can't read |
| 32% | SWAB | 4 | Small grooming item that's basically a stick with cotton on it |
| 32% | OPEC | 4 | Subject of the Atlantic article "The Cartel That Never Was" |
| 32% | COLGATE | 7 | New York university that shares its name with a toothpaste |
| 32% | STRAWHAT | 8 | Item of clothing that sparked a New York riot 1922 |
| 32% | PALM | 4 | It has lines that can be read but not written |
| 32% | EVERGREEN | 9 | Type of tree that never loses its leaves |
| 32% | MATH | 4 | School subject that has its pluses and minuses |