| 100% | KEY | 3 | Opener that a thief might not need |
| 76% | KEY | 3 | Lock opener a thief may not need |
| 49% | BALD | 4 | One who may not need a barber |
| 48% | ORAL | 4 | Exam for which you may not need a pencil |
| 45% | KEY | 3 | Lock opener that you may use to start a car |
| 44% | TEA | 3 | Drink that may need a bag |
| 44% | FLU | 3 | Wintertime illness that may need a shot |
| 44% | PAGETURNER | 10 | You may not need a bookmark for one ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 43% | CLOG | 4 | Stoppage that a plumber might need to step in for |
| 43% | TIE | 3 | Sports match score that may need a "breaker" |
| 43% | TAG | 3 | A mattress might have one that says not to remove it |
| 43% | ATTIC | 5 | Room that you might need a ladder to reach |
| 43% | ARCH | 4 | Underside of a foot that might need extra support |
| 42% | WIFI | 4 | Hotel or Starbucks offering that may need a password |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | Part of the psyche that may need a boost |
| 42% | SSN | 3 | Fig. that might need to be accompanied by a DOB |
| 42% | WIFI | 4 | Surfing convenience at hotels that may need a password: Hyph. |
| 42% | ATTIC | 5 | Storage space that you may need a ladder to access |
| 41% | HTTP | 4 | Beginning of a URL that might be flagged as not secure |
| 41% | AGE | 3 | Survey question that may have a "Prefer not to answer" choice |
| 41% | ALIAS | 5 | A thief might take one |
| 41% | ICY | 3 | Like a road that might need to have salt poured on it |
| 40% | ALIAS | 5 | A thief may go under one |
| 40% | GREENJACKET | 11 | Prize that may need to be altered if a player wins it again |
| 40% | GAS | 3 | Fuel that's not needed for a Tesla car |
| 39% | GAS | 3 | What EVs might not need? |
| 39% | LOCK | 4 | What a thief might pick |
| 39% | OLEO | 4 | It may not need clarification |
| 39% | METER | 5 | Parking ___ (device that a driver might need to put money into) |
| 39% | ALIAS | 5 | What a thief might go by |