| 100% | NEONATAL | 8 | Of a recent delivery |
| 66% | POSTMORTEM | 10 | Analysis of a recent event |
| 66% | SCAB | 4 | Reminder of a recent wound |
| 66% | SUM | 3 | Result of a recent addition |
| 66% | SCAB | 4 | Evidence of a recent scrape |
| 66% | BRUISE | 6 | Sign of a recent fall |
| 66% | MUD | 3 | Evidence of a recent rainstorm |
| 64% | EMAIL | 5 | Subject of a recent Hillary Clinton controversy |
| 64% | NEWER | 5 | Of a more recent vintage |
| 63% | ENS | 3 | Rank of a recent Naval Academy graduate: Abbr. |
| 63% | SPOOF | 5 | Mad magazine version of a recent movie, say |
| 62% | DMZ | 3 | Site of a recent Trump/Kim meeting, for short |
| 61% | RETRO | 5 | Of a style from the recent past |
| 61% | SON | 3 | Possible result of a delivery |
| 61% | LABOR | 5 | Subject of a delivery estimate? |
| 61% | CIA | 3 | Grp. that was the subject of a recent WikiLeaks release |
| 59% | DUEDATE | 7 | Estimated time of a baby's delivery |
| 59% | REINDEER | 8 | Member of a popular package delivery service |
| 59% | TIPS | 4 | Much of a delivery person's income |
| 59% | TRIPLET | 7 | Part of a special delivery? |
| 59% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who was the subject of a recent commemorative issue of Time |
| 59% | UGGS | 4 | Boots at the center of a recent U.S./Australia trademark battle |
| 56% | PARADROP | 8 | Delivery of supplies by air, in a way |
| 56% | AIRDROP | 7 | Delivery of supplies by plane with a parachute |
| 55% | BIRTH | 5 | Delivery, as of a baby |
| 55% | FEDEX | 5 | Delivery company with a fleet of over 600 planes |
| 54% | SINGINGTELEGRAM | 15 | Special delivery of a sort |
| 53% | INANE | 5 | Like a lot of recent American political dialogue |
| 53% | BREECH | 6 | Kind of birth with a rear-first delivery |
| 53% | CSECTION | 8 | Surgical delivery of a baby: Hyph. |