| 100% | REDACTION | 9 | Obscuring of text for security reasons |
| 59% | REDACTION | 9 | Censorship of a text for legal or security reasons |
| 57% | REDACT | 6 | Obscure for security reasons, perhaps |
| 46% | REDACT | 6 | Censor for security reasons |
| 46% | REDACTS | 7 | Deletes for security reasons |
| 46% | REDACTS | 7 | Censors for security reasons |
| 46% | REDACT | 6 | Delete for security reasons, say |
| 46% | REDACTS | 7 | Deletes for security reasons, say |
| 46% | REDACT | 6 | Remove for security reasons, say |
| 45% | REDACT | 6 | Censor for security reasons, e.g. |
| 44% | IMS | 3 | Relatives of texts, for short |
| 44% | REDACT | 6 | Black out parts of legal documents for security reasons, say |
| 41% | OUSTERS | 7 | Reasons for loss of power |
| 40% | BLANKET | 7 | Security provider for Linus of "Peanuts" |
| 40% | DST | 3 | Reason for a shift of hrs. |
| 39% | PULLQUOTE | 9 | Piece of text set aside and enlarged for emphasis |
| 39% | REDACT | 6 | Edit text, for publication (anagram of "traced") |
| 39% | LET | 3 | Reason for a badminton restart of service |
| 38% | SMS | 3 | Reason for green texts on an iPhone, briefly |
| 38% | LSATS | 5 | Measurers of logical reasoning, for short |
| 38% | ODE | 3 | Text source for the end of Beethoven's Ninth |
| 38% | ARAISININTHESUB | 15 | Reason for that hint of sweetness in your sandwich? |
| 37% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 37% | PROOFS | 6 | Drafts of printed text checked for errors |
| 37% | BOLDFACE | 8 | Name for darker version of fonts, texts |
| 37% | DST | 3 | Reason for losing an hour of sleep in March (Abbr.) |
| 37% | YESHIVA | 7 | Jewish school for the study of religious texts |
| 37% | SMS | 3 | Sort of cellphone text, for short |
| 36% | UFO | 3 | Reason for a flood of calls to the police dept., maybe |
| 36% | KNOCKOUT | 8 | One of the reasons for ending a boxing match |