| 100% | ALASKAN | 7 | One with a home in Nome |
| 64% | IGLOO | 5 | Home with a dome (in Nome?) |
| 62% | RVER | 4 | One with a home away from home |
| 59% | PARABOLA | 8 | One with a focus in mathematics |
| 59% | FRAU | 4 | One with a mister in Münster |
| 59% | BEERCAN | 7 | One with a tab in a bar |
| 59% | ELF | 3 | One with a Claus in his contract? |
| 59% | REPAIRMAN | 9 | One with a wrench in his plans? |
| 59% | NILE | 4 | One with a big mouth in Africa? |
| 59% | STORK | 5 | One with a frog in its throat? |
| 59% | RIO | 3 | One with a mouth in another tongue? |
| 59% | INTERN | 6 | One with a short term in office? |
| 58% | BREEDER | 7 | One with a stake in 48-Across, say |
| 58% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term in Congress |
| 58% | USHER | 5 | One with a leading role in the theater? |
| 58% | BRIT | 4 | One with a tyre in his boot, perhaps |
| 58% | COQUETTE | 8 | One with a flirty, feminine aesthetic, in slang |
| 58% | SPOONREST | 9 | One with a supporting role in the kitchen? |
| 58% | OXEN | 4 | Ones with a lot of pull in agriculture? |
| 57% | GOODCOP | 7 | One with a sympathetic demeanor, in a negotiation tactic |
| 57% | NEPOBABY | 8 | One with a leg up in a cast, perhaps? |
| 57% | STILTWALKER | 11 | One with a leg up in the circus business? |
| 57% | NERD | 4 | One with a pocket protector, in an old stereotype |
| 57% | ASP | 3 | One with a killer role in Antony and Cleopatra? |
| 56% | OMNIVORE | 8 | One with a culinary “Dilemma,” in a Michael Pollan title |
| 56% | ENDER | 5 | One with a "Game" in an Orson Scott Card novel |
| 56% | OXEN | 4 | Ones with a lot of pull in the agricultural world? |
| 55% | IRONIC | 6 | With a twist in one's tale |
| 54% | MALE | 4 | One with "XY" chromosomes, in a DNA chart |
| 54% | SNAIL | 5 | One in a mobile home? |