| 100% | OBIT | 4 | News item that often has a person's age in the headline |
| 45% | ODES | 4 | Poems that often have "to a" in the title |
| 43% | DESK | 4 | Item that George had a contractor modify so he could snooze, in Seinfeld's "The Nap" |
| 42% | SPA | 3 | Place that often plays New Age music in the background |
| 41% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 38% | RONI | 4 | Food product word that often has a cable car in its "o" |
| 38% | DYBBUK | 6 | In Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person |
| 38% | ODE | 3 | Work that often has "to" in the title |
| 38% | ARENA | 5 | It often has a ring in the middle |
| 38% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 37% | PTA | 3 | Grp. that often has its first meeting in the fall |
| 37% | YMCA | 4 | Community facility that often has a gym and pool, in brief |
| 36% | URN | 3 | Item that a wealthy Roman might have in their mausoleum |
| 36% | KNEE | 4 | Joint in the body that has a cap |
| 36% | KNEE | 4 | Joint in the leg that has a cap |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | News magazine that runs a "Person of the Year" feature that released its first issue in 1923 |
| 35% | PUNGENCY | 8 | Having a strong, sharp smell or flavor that is overpowering, often in food |
| 35% | BETHESDA | 8 | In the New Testament, a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers |
| 35% | SLASH | 5 | Symbol that often separates the day and month in a date |
| 35% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 35% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 35% | STILETTO | 8 | Item that ends in a pitchfork, on the poster for The Devil Wears Prada |
| 35% | TEA | 3 | Item that Kenya exported to the tune of over a billion pounds in 2019 |
| 35% | SPAREKEY | 8 | Item that might be hidden under a fake rock in the garden (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GYMS | 4 | Businesses that often see an uptick in membership after the New Year |
| 34% | MISTAKEN | 8 | In a case of __ identity you have the wrong person |
| 34% | GAYBAR | 6 | Establishment that might have a rainbow flag in the window |
| 34% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TWO | 3 | Number that's often in the title of a movie sequel |
| 34% | TRADE | 5 | The "T" of WTUL that coordinated a strike by 20,000 women in 1909 in New York's garment district |