| 100% | GLOBALWARMING | 13 | Phenomenon due to which Earth's global average temperature has risen alarmingly: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ICEIN | 5 | Keep ashore, due to cold weather: 2 wds. |
| 25% | RAINDELAY | 9 | Temporary game stoppage due to bad weather: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SNOWDAY | 7 | Time off from school due to a winter storm: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SNOWDAYS | 8 | Unscheduled times off from school due to winter weather: 2 wds. |
| 24% | AGASP | 5 | "He let out ___ of horror..." (left open-mouthed due to fear): 2 wds. |
| 23% | INFOR | 5 | Due to get, as punishment (2 wds.) |
| 23% | WASHUP | 6 | Prepare to have dinner: 2 wds. |
| 23% | NEILDIAMOND | 11 | "Song Sung Blue" singer who will no longer tour due to Parkinson's disease, but still plans to write and record music: 2 wds. |
| 23% | STEPUP | 6 | Rise to the challenge: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ANAX | 4 | Have ___ to grind: 2 wds. |
| 22% | ASOAK | 5 | To have ___ (bathe): 2 wds. |
| 22% | ALACK | 5 | "He died due to ___ of oxygen" (insufficient) : 2 wds. |
| 22% | ASOAK | 5 | To have ____ (bathe): 2 wds. |
| 22% | KENDALLJENNER | 13 | Model who appeared in a Pepsi commercial which had to be later removed due to a lot of backlash in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 21% | MAKEADEAL | 9 | "Let's ___," TV game show in which participants have to decide if they want to swap their item for a mystery prize: 3 wds. |
| 21% | STEPUP | 6 | Rise to the challenge (2 wds.) |
| 21% | ACHAT | 5 | Have ___ with (speak to) (2 wds.) |
| 21% | KINGCOBRA | 9 | Regal snake capable of killing a full-grown Asian Elephant. Considered the most venomous snake due to amount injected: 2 wds. |
| 21% | NEAPTIDE | 8 | Twice monthly watery phenomenon due to the Moon |
| 21% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 20% | POLES | 5 | The earth has 2 __ creating it's geomagnetic field |
| 20% | ISAACNEWTON | 11 | Scientist, known to have discovered gravity: 2 wds. |
| 20% | INIT | 4 | Has a chance to win (2 wds.) |
| 20% | ISEE | 4 | 2 wds to show understanding of something |
| 20% | ALOT | 4 | "You have ___ to learn": 2 wds. |
| 20% | DOROTHYHAMILL | 13 | 1976 figure skating gold medalist who who competed in season 16 of "Dancing With the Stars" (but withdrew due to injury): 2 wds. |
| 20% | ANEW | 4 | Eckhart Tolle's "___ Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" (2 wds.) |
| 20% | ANIN | 4 | To have ___ with (have influence): 2 wds. |
| 20% | IGOT | 4 | "What have ___ to lose?": 2 wds. |