| 100% | OBIT | 4 | Newspaper notice of a death, informally |
| 82% | OBIT | 4 | Newspaper notice of a death |
| 61% | OBIT | 4 | Notice of a person's death |
| 52% | OBIT | 4 | Death notice in a newspaper, for short |
| 48% | OBIT | 4 | Notice of a departure, for short |
| 45% | OBIT | 4 | Notice of death, in brief |
| 45% | OBIT | 4 | Newspaper announcement of a passing |
| 44% | NESSIE | 6 | Subject of a Scottish mystery, informally |
| 44% | VOCABLESSON | 11 | Component of a language class, informally |
| 44% | REC | 3 | Part of a college application, informally |
| 44% | UKE | 3 | Relative of a cuatro, informally |
| 44% | COX | 3 | Member of a crew, informally |
| 44% | LIBBER | 6 | Activist of a sort, informally |
| 44% | STACHE | 6 | Part of a Vandyke, informally |
| 44% | SMASH | 5 | Opposite of a flop, informally |
| 44% | RANDR | 5 | Goal of a vacation, informally |
| 44% | PREZ | 4 | Head of a country, informally |
| 44% | ALUMS | 5 | Graduates of a university, informally |
| 44% | HATER | 5 | Opposite of a fan, informally |
| 44% | BBQ | 3 | Cousin of a picnic, informally |
| 44% | EDITOR | 6 | Head of a newspaper |
| 44% | OPED | 4 | Piece of a newspaper? |
| 44% | PAGE | 4 | Part of a newspaper |
| 44% | SECTION | 7 | Part of a newspaper |
| 44% | ISSUE | 5 | Edition of a newspaper |
| 44% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |
| 44% | EXECUTION | 9 | What happens at the end of a death sentence |
| 44% | OBITUARY | 8 | Newspaper death notice |
| 44% | OBIT | 4 | Death notice, informally |
| 44% | ETA | 3 | Subj. of a "delayed" notice |