| 100% | EDH | 3 | Old English letter that disappeared by 1300 but which is still used in Icelandic |
| 35% | ETHS | 4 | Letters used in Old English and Icelandic |
| 31% | ENVELOPE | 8 | Stationery item for sending letters that's still the symbol for "messages" and "mails" despite not being in popular use |
| 31% | SCRABBLE | 8 | Board game developed by Alfred Butts in which numbered tiles with letters are used to form words |
| 30% | LIGNE | 5 | Unit of length that became obsolete in the 18th century, but is still used by French and Swiss watchmakers |
| 30% | DOTTEDI | 7 | Letter that begins “Istanbul” in Turkish, but not in English |
| 29% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 28% | GTO | 3 | Car model letters that have been used by Pontiac, Mitsubishi, and Ferrari |
| 28% | ANDS | 4 | Words that are often represented by logograms in English |
| 27% | BOGGLE | 6 | Game in which words are formed by connecting letter cubes |
| 27% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 27% | PANINI | 6 | Food word that is plural in Italian but singular in English |
| 27% | POUND | 5 | ___ sterling, official currency of the United Kingdom which is also the oldest currency in continuous use |
| 27% | ALIVE | 5 | "Herman Wouk Is Still ___," short story by Stephen King that won the Bram Stoker Award in 2012 |
| 26% | WAND | 4 | Magic ___, magical object in the "Shrek" franchise that is used by the Fairy Godmother |
| 26% | ALIVE | 5 | "It's ___!" quote used by Gingy in "Shrek" that is a reference to "Frankenstein" |
| 26% | RSM | 3 | Abbreviation that may be used by warrant officers class 1 in the British Royal Marines |
| 25% | OOHLALA | 7 | Song by Britney Spears in "Smurfs 2" which can also be used an exclamation: 3 wds. |
| 25% | MEATY | 5 | Quality that would be welcomed in some barbecued fare, but one which vegans would frown upon |
| 25% | DISK | 4 | Floppy ___, storage device that's still the symbol for "save" despite not being in popular use |
| 25% | RECEIVER | 8 | Landline telephone part that's still the symbol for "call" despite not being in popular use |
| 25% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 25% | OFFICE | 6 | "The ___," TV series in which Dwight believes that the letter "R" is among the most menacing sounds |
| 25% | AEIOU | 5 | Letters that are not in sync |
| 25% | PIPELINE | 8 | Place for works that are in the works ... or what the message formed by the connected letters is? |
| 25% | BCE | 3 | Letters that might be used while dating? |
| 25% | LGBT | 4 | Letters that may be followed by QIA2S+ |
| 25% | SLANG | 5 | Specialty of "Urban Dictionary" which was used in 2011 by a district court in an ATF complaint to document the meanings of "murk" |
| 24% | ETH | 3 | A letter in the Icelandic alphabet that can be described as a voiced or voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative |
| 24% | SEVENWONDERS | 12 | With 51-Across and 15-Down, group in which [see circled letters] is the only one still largely intact |