| 100% | SINKHOLE | 8 | Pit in the ground caused by collapse of surface |
| 52% | TREMORS | 7 | Vibrations in the ground caused by earthquakes |
| 52% | CRATERS | 7 | Depressions in the ground caused by meteorites |
| 50% | SINKHOLE | 8 | Depression caused by collapse of land surface |
| 44% | CHASM | 5 | A canyon caused by a deep fissure in the surface |
| 44% | SLIP | 4 | Mishap caused by a banana peel on the ground, in slapstick |
| 44% | ECLIPSE | 7 | Shadow caused by the Moon passing in front of the Sun |
| 43% | PELLAGRA | 8 | Deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid in the diet |
| 42% | HOLE | 4 | Ditch or pit in the ground |
| 41% | USSR | 4 | One-sixth of the world's ground surface until 1991, in brief |
| 41% | ACNE | 4 | Skin disorder caused by inflammation of the glands found chiefly in adolescents |
| 39% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of (surrounded by) |
| 38% | TRENCHES | 8 | Long holes dug in the ground by military |
| 38% | PIT | 3 | Large hole in the ground (anagram of "tip") |
| 38% | THRALL | 6 | In the __ of: totally absorbed by |
| 38% | FOXHOLE | 7 | Protective burrow dug in the ground by a soldier |
| 38% | INFECTION | 9 | Reaction in the body caused by germs |
| 38% | EATEN | 5 | In the pit of one's stomach? |
| 37% | BURROWS | 7 | Homes in the ground made by rabbits, chipmunks... |
| 37% | UPWARD | 6 | In the direction of the sky, not the ground |
| 37% | MAR | 3 | Make a scratch in the surface of |
| 37% | DYNE | 4 | Unit in the definition of surface tension |
| 37% | ANTI | 4 | Prefix in the names of many causes |
| 36% | PIT | 3 | A large hole in the ground, also the center of a cherry |
| 36% | MALDEMER | 8 | Sickness caused by the motion of the ocean |
| 36% | ZEN | 3 | "___ in the Art of Archery," book by Eugen Herrigel |
| 36% | ANXIETY | 7 | Distress caused by the mind; fear of danger |
| 36% | POTHOLE | 7 | A disruption in the surface of the roadway |
| 36% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | "___ in the Time of Cholera," novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |