| 100% | TAXES | 5 | One of life's certainties, in a saying |
| 70% | TAXES | 5 | One of two certainties, in a saying |
| 69% | TAXES | 5 | One of Franklin's certainties in life |
| 63% | ITEM | 4 | One of 10, say, in a supermarket's express checkout lane |
| 62% | ELIXIR | 6 | The ___ of life, a potion said to prolong one's life |
| 59% | TAXES | 5 | One of life's certainties, per Benjamin Franklin |
| 59% | DEATH | 5 | One of life's certainties, per Benjamin Franklin |
| 59% | PIECE | 5 | One of 500 in a jigsaw puzzle, say |
| 59% | CRAM | 4 | Do a semester's worth of studying in one night, say |
| 59% | BINGE | 5 | Watch a season's worth of episodes in one sitting, say |
| 56% | ADMIN | 5 | One in charge of a Web forum, say (Abbr.) |
| 55% | {D/T}{E/A}{A/X}{T/E}{H/S} | 25 | Either one of life's two certainties, per Benjamin Franklin |
| 54% | BINGEWATCH | 10 | View a whole season of in one day, say |
| 54% | COMBATBOOT | 10 | One of a Marine’s pair, say |
| 54% | DOT | 3 | One of three in a Morse "S" |
| 54% | AMERICANS | 9 | One of the A's in ADA |
| 54% | ASK | 3 | One of the A's in AMA |
| 54% | CAESAR | 6 | One of the lives in Plutarch's "Lives" |
| 54% | TAXES | 5 | One of two "certainties" in life |
| 54% | ASSN | 4 | One of the a's in Nascar: Abbr. |
| 54% | TEAT | 4 | One of four in a kangaroo’s pouch |
| 54% | AMER | 4 | One of the A's in AAA: Abbr. |
| 53% | SPORE | 5 | One of a multitude in a devil's-snuffbox |
| 53% | MAMABEAR | 8 | One of a trio in a children's story |
| 53% | CLUB | 4 | One of 14 in a pro's golf bag |
| 53% | NOTCH | 5 | One of many in a dictionary's thumb index |
| 53% | FANG | 4 | One of two in a king cobra's mouth |
| 53% | ROSE | 4 | One of twelve in a Valentine’s Day bouquet |
| 53% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 52% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |