| 100% | PEABRAIN | 8 | Numbskull whose head is compared to a legume: Hyph. |
| 40% | MRMET | 5 | Mascot whose head is a baseball |
| 37% | MRMET | 5 | New York MLB mascot whose head is a giant baseball (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MOP | 3 | One whose head may be stuck in a bucket |
| 36% | JOHNDOE | 7 | Name given to a male whose identity is unknown |
| 36% | JANEDOE | 7 | Name given to a female whose identity is unknown |
| 36% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 35% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred whose name is attached to a series of prestigious prizes |
| 35% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical figure who is compared to "a hairy garment" |
| 35% | ILLNESS | 7 | Complaint I will bring to a head |
| 34% | ORANGE | 6 | Color whose name is said to lack a rhyme |
| 34% | RECRUITER | 9 | One whose job it is to fill a job |
| 34% | FIELDER | 7 | A player whose job it is to catch or stop the ball |
| 34% | EYES | 4 | Organ that is often compared to a camera |
| 34% | UHOH | 4 | "This is going to be a problem": Hyph. |
| 34% | DETECTIVE | 9 | A person whose job is to solve mysteries |
| 34% | SALESMAN | 8 | A male whose job is to sell things |
| 33% | FAITHHILL | 9 | "Speak to a Girl" singer whose first name is a positive virtue (belief): 2 wds. |
| 33% | LUCAS | 5 | George whose name is a lead-in to "film" |
| 33% | ALITALIA | 8 | Airline whose final flight was a 2021 trip from Sardinia to Rome |
| 33% | ATACAMA | 7 | Desert whose soil has been compared to that of Mars |
| 33% | BRANT | 5 | A small goose whose head and neck are mostly black |
| 33% | OFFICEBOY | 9 | Superhero whose power is getting a Microsoft suite to run? |
| 32% | LOG | 3 | What a sound sleeper might be compared to |
| 32% | STY | 3 | What a messy bedroom might be compared to |
| 32% | CAPTAINPLANET | 13 | A famous cartoon revolving around a superhero whose sole purpose is to protect the ecosystem |
| 32% | XACTO | 5 | Company whose most famous product was originally designed to be a surgical scalpel |
| 32% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group whose motto is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 32% | ONESHOT | 7 | Designed to be used only a single time: Hyph. |
| 32% | SENECACRANE | 11 | Head Gamemaker in "The Hunger Games" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |