| 100% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a letter to the North Pole: 2 wds. |
| 54% | AIROUT | 6 | Open a window to get rid of the odors inside: 2 wds. |
| 52% | IWISH | 5 | Start of a request to a genie: 2 wds. |
| 50% | FATLIP | 6 | Result of a punch to the mouth: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOPSTORY | 8 | Opening segment of a newscast: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Opening to a letter that may contain a wish list (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PROBONO | 7 | Free of charge, to a lawyer: 2 wds. |
| 49% | FANMAIL | 7 | Letters of praise to celebrities: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | Second line of a knock-knock joke: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TODO | 4 | A list of tasks to be performed: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SNAKEEYES | 9 | Roll of two ones, to a craps player: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ONEA | 4 | ___ Day (brand of multivitamin with a VitaCraves line): 2 wds. |
| 46% | NICKFALDO | 9 | British golf great with a line of wines: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ISEE | 4 | Start of a crystal-ball reader's line: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DELETEKEY | 9 | Button pushed to erase a letter: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DEALTIN | 7 | Gave a hand of cards to: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EYETEST | 7 | Examination where you're asked to read letters from a distance: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JANEFONDA | 9 | Oscar-winning actress with a line of exercise videos called "Prime Time": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELLEFANNING | 11 | "Maleficent" actress whose first name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | Group that Zayn Malik was a part of from 2010 to 2015: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TODO | 4 | "Make a ___ list" (A list of things to be completed): 2 wds. |
| 45% | FINALPLAN | 9 | A completed course of action to be put into motion: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TEESHOT | 7 | Opening stroke of a golf game (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SERIF | 5 | Line of a letter |