| 100% | STEELTOE | 8 | Protective feature of a work boot (2 wds.) |
| 80% | STEELTOE | 8 | Protective feature of a work boot |
| 69% | STEELTOE | 8 | Feature of some work boots (2 wds.) |
| 67% | STEELTOE | 8 | Feature of a work boot |
| 60% | HEARTEYES | 9 | Facial features of a romantic emoji: 2 wds. |
| 55% | AGEGAP | 6 | Feature of a May-December romance (2 wds.) |
| 55% | STEELTOE | 8 | Feature of many a work boot |
| 53% | DIALTONE | 8 | Sign of a working landline (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TOECAP | 6 | Tip of a work boot |
| 51% | TOE | 3 | Reinforced part of a work boot |
| 51% | TOE | 3 | Steel part of a work boot |
| 50% | PUNKYBREWSTER | 13 | 2021 Peacock reboot of a 1980s sitcom that featured a grown-up Soleil Moon Frye: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TOE | 3 | Tip of a work boot with a steel reinforcement |
| 48% | TOECAPS | 7 | Features of work boots |
| 48% | DEFENSIVELINE | 13 | Part of a football team featured in this puzzle: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MERCURYWINGS | 12 | Feature of a Roman god's boots? (Phoenix, Dallas) |
| 47% | PUN | 3 | Feature of many a Duchamp work |
| 46% | ASON | 4 | "I'll be ___ of a gun!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | IWANT | 5 | Start of a brat's demand: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ONEK | 4 | Length of a kids' fun run: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOBE | 4 | Start of a famous "Hamlet" soliloquy: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WHATIF | 6 | Start of a hypothetical question. "Suppose...": 2 wds |
| 46% | ONERUN | 6 | Result of a bases-loaded walk: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SAWTO | 5 | ___ it (took care of a problem): 2 wds. |
| 46% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 rpm record: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANO | 3 | "It's ___-brainer of a decision!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TODO | 4 | Kind of a list with tasks: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MOVIESTAR | 9 | Attendee of a red-carpet premiere: 2 wds. |
| 46% | FATALERROR | 10 | Cause of a program's crash: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ABIT | 4 | "We've hit ___ of a problem": 2 wds. |