| 100% | BIDDER | 6 | Nodding one, sometimes |
| 61% | BELA | 4 | One sometimes seen with Boris |
| 60% | TROOPER | 7 | One sometimes working on a shoulder |
| 60% | REF | 3 | One sometimes accused of being blind |
| 58% | SLEEPYHEAD | 10 | One nodding off |
| 55% | SWEATERS | 8 | Ugly ones sometimes come out in December |
| 55% | LIE | 3 | Sometimes through one's teeth |
| 54% | ERASER | 6 | One end of a pencil, sometimes |
| 54% | SNOWMAN | 7 | One with a carrot nose, sometimes |
| 54% | BRIDGEPLAYER | 12 | One who is sometimes a dummy? |
| 53% | ASSENT | 6 | Nod of the head, for one |
| 53% | EVIL | 4 | Like one twin, sometimes |
| 53% | ACE | 3 | Card sometimes worth one |
| 52% | CAROLED | 7 | Sang for an audience of one, sometimes |
| 52% | EGOS | 4 | Stars sometimes have big ones |
| 51% | REF | 3 | One with a whistle ... who sometimes 1-Across? |
| 50% | DENALI | 6 | Landmark sometimes called "The Great One" |
| 50% | DRUG | 4 | Love is sometimes compared to one |
| 50% | ASK | 3 | All one has to do, sometimes |
| 50% | ADMIRERS | 8 | Suitors or followers, sometimes secret ones |
| 50% | CATS | 4 | Black ones are sometimes called "voids" |
| 49% | WINNER | 6 | One of these is sometimes given a "chicken dinner" |
| 48% | FLEXITARIAN | 11 | One who usually avoids meat, but might sometimes be persuaded |
| 48% | HORACE | 6 | He wrote "Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods" |
| 48% | FAMILY | 6 | Group of related people, sometimes in one household |
| 48% | SENSE | 5 | Proprioception is sometimes described as the "sixth" one |
| 46% | EEK | 3 | Cry sometimes made with hands on one's head |
| 46% | THEIR | 5 | Possessive sometimes confused with one of its two homophones |
| 45% | EYE | 3 | It's sometimes winkin' or blinkin,' but doesn't nod |
| 45% | POEM | 4 | "Why Some People Be Mad at Me Sometimes," for one |