| 100% | THESCARLETLETTER | 16 | Provider of an A in English? |
| 61% | ONE | 3 | Point value of an A in Scrabble |
| 59% | SICE | 4 | Best throw you could get on a die in an early English game of Hazard |
| 56% | BOMBAYDUCT | 10 | Part of an A/C system in colonial India? |
| 56% | ARIADNE | 7 | Provider of a ball of thread, in myth |
| 55% | PAWN | 4 | Element of an English Opening in chess |
| 54% | CLUBSODA | 8 | Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz |
| 54% | AERIE | 5 | Nest of an eagle high in a tree |
| 54% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a play |
| 53% | BROWNING | 8 | Surname of an English poet and a firearm designer |
| 53% | PORTFOLIO | 9 | Collection of an artist's works in a folder |
| 53% | IGOR | 4 | Obtainer of an abnormal brain in a 1974 movie |
| 53% | PALMOFF | 7 | Dispose of an unwanted item in a tricky way |
| 53% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act, in a Broadway play |
| 53% | SCENE | 5 | Division of an act in a play |
| 53% | SCENE | 5 | Part of an act in a play |
| 52% | CLEARING | 8 | In a forest, an open space of land |
| 52% | DROUGHT | 7 | A prolonged absence of rainfall in an area |
| 52% | ACE | 3 | An unreturnable serve in a game of tennis |
| 52% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | American actor pursuing an English PHD at Yale with a reported IQ of 130, and known for his role in "127 Hours": 2 wds. |
| 52% | YON | 3 | A way of saying "over there" in olden English |
| 51% | PLAYLIST | 8 | An itinerary of songs in a music-streaming service |
| 51% | SABRE | 5 | In-state colleague of a Ranger and an Islander |
| 51% | REED | 4 | One of two in an English horn |
| 51% | TVREPORTER | 10 | News provider in front of a camera |
| 51% | SEMIAXIS | 8 | One of a pair in an ellipse |
| 51% | STUB | 4 | Part of a cigarette in an ashtray |
| 51% | REED | 4 | One of a set in an accordion |
| 51% | LEET | 4 | In English and Welsh history, a yearly or half-yearly manorial court of record |