| 100% | DRAB | 4 | Olive color that's great if you're a grunt eating in the desert but not so great when you're appearing at the Grammy Awards |
| 25% | LOST | 4 | "Call Me If You Get ___," album by Tyler, the Creator that won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2022 |
| 24% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 24% | OVEN | 4 | "why do they call it ___ when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food" (nonsensical tweet that became a meme) |
| 24% | ASPS | 4 | Menaces that name other menaces if you put a "w" at the start |
| 24% | WHITE | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! ___ sheep, when you're a part of the herd and not standing out |
| 23% | ELECTRICITY | 11 | Monthly expense that might make you remark "Power's great, but the bill's at the gate" |
| 23% | ETSY | 4 | Website that becomes a name if you add a B at the beginning |
| 23% | POTOFTEA | 8 | Drink quantity that gets smaller if you add an S at the beginning |
| 23% | AMSO | 4 | Childish but truthful reply to "You're not solving a crossword" when you are, in fact, solving it |
| 23% | SUI | 3 | Fashion surname that becomes a garment if you add a T at the end |
| 23% | GREEN | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! Caught ___-handed, when you're caught in an eco-friendly act rather than a suspicious one |
| 23% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 23% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer/pianist who performed a duet with 18-Across at the Grammy Awards in 2014 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | EATME | 5 | Rude expression that’s not rude when it appears on a cake in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” |
| 23% | MAKING | 6 | "___ a Fire," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in 2022 |
| 23% | WERE | 4 | "___ not so different, you and I," cliche dialogue that's said in many movies like "Austin Powers" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" |
| 22% | OWN | 3 | "___ the Night," country album by Lady Antebellum that won a Grammy Award in 2012 |
| 22% | ETA | 3 | When you're due in, at the airport: Abbr. |
| 22% | WAITING | 7 | "___ on a War," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock song in 2022 |
| 22% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird that appears in the Great Seal on the back of a dollar bill |
| 22% | UNTIE | 5 | Verb that becomes a family member if you add an A at the beginning |
| 22% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film that becomes a 1996 film if you add an F at the beginning |
| 22% | NOSE | 4 | Body part that lights up when you make a mistake in the board game Operation |
| 22% | SPOT | 4 | Parking ___, place in the car lot where you might be parked, and something that seems impossible to find when you're in a rush |
| 22% | TAKINGTHE | 9 | "___ Long Way," country album by The Chicks that won a Grammy Award in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 22% | HOLA | 4 | Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it |
| 22% | WAY | 3 | "That's the ___ to go!" (what you might say when someone does a great job) |
| 22% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 22% | CORE | 4 | Part of a big apple that the squirrels and crows will eat, even if you don't |