| 100% | SOFA | 4 | Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse |
| 60% | COUCH | 5 | Sleeping spot for a spouse in the doghouse |
| 41% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
| 40% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 38% | CRIB | 4 | Sleeping spot for a baby |
| 38% | TREE | 4 | Sleeping spot for a squirrel |
| 38% | THEE | 4 | For whom the bell tolls, in a John Donne poem |
| 38% | SNORE | 5 | Possible reason for a poke in the ribs |
| 38% | AIRBED | 6 | Sleeping spot for a guest, maybe |
| 37% | HIGHWAY | 7 | Possible name for a main road in the US |
| 37% | APPLE | 5 | Poison ___, tavern in the "Shrek" franchise that serves as a meeting spot for villains |
| 37% | EUGENELEVY | 10 | "Schitt's Creek" star who won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: 2 wds. |
| 36% | YARD | 4 | Spot for a doghouse |
| 36% | KLEIN | 5 | The Calvin who made a cameo appearance for "30 Rock" in March 2009 |
| 36% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | "The Handmaid's Tale" star who won the 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VANNA | 5 | White, who in May 2013 was presented with a Guinness World Record certificate for being the world's most frequent clapper |
| 35% | DAVIDALANGRIER | 14 | "A Soldier's Play" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (3 wds.) |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom a fish native to the Orinoco was named in 2017 |
| 35% | CHARLOTTE | 9 | In the story, the spider who's friends with a pig |
| 35% | SOFA | 4 | Spot to sleep when you're in the doghouse |
| 35% | LOCUM | 5 | A doctor who fills in for another's absence |
| 35% | TREE | 4 | Place for a kid's "house" in the backyard |
| 35% | CENTERICE | 9 | Spot for a face-off, in hockey |
| 35% | BOB | 3 | ___ Dylan, American singer who won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1973 |
| 35% | DANA | 4 | Actor Delany, who co-wrote a crossword for The New York Times in 2011 |
| 35% | NGOR | 4 | Haing S —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Killing Fields |
| 35% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 35% | LIFER | 5 | One who's in it for the long haul |
| 35% | MARATHONER | 10 | Person who's in it for the long run? |