| 100% | RHO | 3 | P as in the Parthenon? |
| 56% | PENCE | 5 | p as in Portsmouth or Plymouth |
| 56% | PILLARS | 7 | Columns in the Parthenon |
| 56% | ATHENA | 6 | Statue in the Parthenon |
| 55% | ETCH | 4 | Imprint, as in the memory |
| 55% | BASK | 4 | Luxuriate, as in the sun |
| 55% | SLID | 4 | Dropped, as in the polls |
| 55% | ETCH | 4 | Impress, as in the memory |
| 55% | SMITE | 5 | Strike, as in the Bible |
| 55% | UPTURN | 6 | Improvement, as in the economy |
| 55% | SIC | 3 | Just as in the original |
| 55% | PRINTED | 7 | Ran, as in the papers |
| 54% | BOAT | 4 | "The Girl on the ___," a novel by P.G. Wodehouse published as a book in 1922 |
| 54% | SELECT | 6 | Name, as in the NFL draft |
| 54% | RISES | 5 | Gains, as in the stock market |
| 54% | OSSICLE | 7 | Small bone, as in the ear |
| 54% | INGRAIN | 7 | Fix deeply, as in the mind |
| 54% | GOWEAK | 6 | Lose strength, as in the knees |
| 54% | ACHE | 4 | Uncomfortable feeling, as in the stomach |
| 54% | SHRANK | 6 | Got smaller, as in the dryer |
| 54% | SMITE | 5 | Strike firmly, as in the Bible |
| 53% | REUP | 4 | Start another tour, as in the military |
| 53% | RIFT | 4 | Fissure, as in the space-time continuum |
| 53% | TUBULE | 6 | Tiny biological channel, as in the kidney |
| 53% | MIA | 3 | Unaccounted for, as in the army: Abbr. |
| 53% | MIA | 3 | Unaccounted for, as in the military: Abbr. |
| 53% | FAB | 3 | Cool, as in the '60s, for short |
| 53% | ODD | 3 | Unexpectedly by itself, as in the dryer |
| 53% | STINT | 5 | Period of service, as in the Army |
| 53% | COVET | 5 | Be jealous of, as in the Bible |