| 100% | SEAN | 4 | Penn with a pair of Oscars |
| 94% | SEAN | 4 | Actor Penn with a pair of Oscars |
| 80% | ANG | 3 | Lee with a pair of Oscars |
| 61% | CASSETTE | 8 | Device with a pair of spools |
| 61% | BRA | 3 | Undergarment with a pair of cups |
| 60% | TEE | 3 | Would go with a pair of denims |
| 60% | ANT | 3 | Picnic guest with a pair of antennae |
| 60% | SNIP | 4 | Small cut with a pair of scissors |
| 60% | MLB | 3 | Associationn with a pair of Sox (abbr.) |
| 60% | STIR | 4 | Mix with a pair of chopsticks, say |
| 60% | ODIN | 4 | God with a pair of raven messengers |
| 59% | TWO | 3 | Lowest possible roll with a pair of dice |
| 59% | CUT | 3 | Something you would do with a pair of scissors |
| 57% | DIRTYDOUBLECRUISER | 18 | Luxury vessel with a pair of decks, both of which need swabbing? |
| 56% | RATIO | 5 | Pair of numbers with a colon |
| 55% | HIHAT | 5 | Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal |
| 55% | SWANS | 5 | A pair of them might form a heart shape with their necks |
| 54% | COMPASSES | 9 | Pair of sticks with a point, for drawing circles |
| 54% | WALT | 4 | Disney with a record number of Oscars |
| 53% | VANESSA | 7 | Redgrave with an Oscar, a Tony and a pair of Emmys |
| 53% | BOSH | 4 | Chris who won a pair of NBA titles with the Miami Heat |
| 53% | FLY | 3 | Insect with a single pair of transparent wings |
| 52% | FLY | 3 | Flying insect with a single pair of transparent wings |
| 52% | STREEP | 6 | Actress with a record number of Oscar nominations (21) |
| 52% | AND | 3 | + ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 50% | HAROLDANDMAUDE | 14 | 1971 black comedy featuring a pair of people with a morbid interest in attending strangers' funerals |
| 50% | SECATEURS | 9 | Small pair of shears with pivoted handles and a single cutting blade |
| 50% | SPIED | 5 | Sat behind a bush with a pair of binoculars, say |
| 50% | ELMTREE | 7 | Site of a William Penn treaty with Indians |
| 49% | ESTHER | 6 | One of a pair of Old Testament books with female names |