| 100% | RETYPED | 7 | Rekeyed a letter if lost or wrong |
| 40% | CREEL | 5 | Fishing basket, or a fishing rod spool if you ignore the first letter |
| 37% | SNORT | 5 | Pig's sound, or a pig's body part if you change the fourth letter to a U |
| 37% | SANSA | 5 | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| 36% | ELIDE | 5 | Drop a letter or two |
| 36% | SENDS | 5 | Mails, as a letter or parcel |
| 35% | ATSEA | 5 | Lost, or a place to be lost |
| 35% | BODY | 4 | Main part of a letter or essay |
| 35% | MISNOMER | 8 | A wrong name or designation |
| 35% | YOURWAY | 7 | Lose __; take a wrong turn |
| 35% | EPISTLE | 7 | A formal or literary letter |
| 35% | EXTRACT | 7 | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| 34% | HRH | 3 | Letters for a prince or princess |
| 34% | CARET | 5 | Proofreader's symbol for inserting a letter or word |
| 34% | KEY | 3 | Letter or number struck by a typist |
| 34% | LEAK | 4 | Lose contents through a hole or crack |
| 34% | USS | 3 | Letters on a battleship or aircraft carrier |
| 34% | ERASES | 6 | Removes a wrong letter, say |
| 34% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter or a smidgen |
| 33% | ERRAND | 6 | Task like mailing a letter or running to the bank |
| 33% | SHED | 4 | Lose coat like a dog or a snake |
| 33% | STENCIL | 7 | A cut-out template for shapes or letters |
| 33% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Reparation for a wrong or injury |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Minuscule amount, or a Greek letter |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Tiny bit, or a Greek letter |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Tiny amount, or a Greek letter |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Teeny bit, or a Greek letter |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter, or a tiny amount |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter, or a tiny bit |
| 33% | IOTA | 4 | Teensy amount, or a Greek letter |