| 100% | ITEMS | 5 | Pairs that might be covered in rags? |
| 67% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable that might be covered in wasabi |
| 66% | LBO | 3 | Acquisition that may be covered in the WSJ |
| 66% | PASTA | 5 | Type of food that might be covered in pesto |
| 66% | SOFAS | 5 | Living-room items that might be covered in plastic |
| 60% | SECRETRECIPES | 13 | Things that might be kept covered in a kitchen |
| 53% | EAR | 3 | Organ that might be covered by headphones |
| 53% | DESK | 4 | Its underside might be covered in gum |
| 53% | ENG | 3 | Frost might be covered in it: abbr. |
| 52% | PILLOWS | 7 | Bedroom items that might be covered with shams |
| 52% | ANKLETAT | 8 | Art that may be covered by a sock |
| 52% | EYE | 3 | Organ that may be covered by a patch? |
| 52% | SCAR | 4 | Mark that may be covered by a tattoo |
| 52% | ANKLETAT | 8 | Art that may be covered by a boot |
| 51% | ESA | 3 | What that might be in Spain |
| 51% | PEAR | 4 | Fruit that might be in naengmyeon |
| 51% | MASS | 4 | Service that might be in Latin |
| 50% | REMOTE | 6 | Coffee-table object that might be covered with many incomprehensible buttons |
| 50% | ELK | 3 | Male that might be in a rut? |
| 50% | NTH | 3 | Degree that might be in abstract algebra? |
| 50% | PHD | 3 | Degree that might be in abstract algebra |
| 50% | ANTIQUE | 7 | Object that might be in mint condition |
| 50% | ODE | 3 | Poem that might be in iambic pentameter |
| 49% | MRI | 3 | Scan that might be paired with a CT |
| 49% | ISBNS | 5 | Refs. that might be on the back cover |
| 49% | BAT | 3 | Animal that might be a vampire in disguise |
| 49% | TIE | 3 | Neckwear that might be in a Windsor knot |
| 49% | GMO | 3 | Crop that might be insect-resistant, in brief |
| 49% | THERMOS | 7 | Object that might be in a lunch box |
| 49% | PEC | 3 | Muscle that might be “bounced,” in brief |