| 100% | SONINLAW | 8 | Relative (3 words) |
| 69% | ERE | 3 | Word of relative time |
| 68% | FILE | 4 | Word ladder, part 3 |
| 66% | GAMEISUP | 8 | 3 words let a criminal know they've been thwarted |
| 65% | GREAT | 5 | Word repeated before some relatives' names |
| 65% | TEST | 4 | Word repeated before "1, 2, 3" |
| 63% | ITSABOY | 7 | Words on some birth announcements: 3 wds. |
| 63% | ATALOSS | 7 | ___ for words (speechless): 3 wds. |
| 61% | GRANDAMS | 8 | Old word for elderly female relatives |
| 61% | SILT | 4 | Part 3 of the word ladder |
| 60% | WORDCLOUD | 9 | Graphic that shows relative prominence of words |
| 60% | PERHAPS | 7 | Word repeated 3 times in popular Cuban song title |
| 60% | NET | 3 | 3-letter word synonymous with the World Wide Web |
| 59% | AGES | 4 | "For ___ 3 and above" (toy box words) |
| 59% | ONANDOFF | 8 | Intermittently (3 words) |
| 59% | SOANDSOS | 8 | Rats (3 words) |
| 58% | NIECE | 5 | Word for a relative that sounds like a French city |
| 58% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Words of longing spoken to a faraway sweetheart: 3 wds. |
| 58% | MAKEAWISH | 9 | Words said before birthday candles get blown out: 3 wds. |
| 58% | FAM | 3 | Slang word for close friend, like a relative |
| 58% | SOMEBODYGREASED | 15 | With 11-Down, 3-Down's last words? |
| 58% | SUNDAYAFTERNOON | 15 | #2 of 3: When to phone your relatives |
| 56% | MEMOIR | 6 | Relative of an autobiography, that shares its root word with "memory" |
| 56% | PAR | 3 | Word often seen before 3, 4 or 5, but never 1 |
| 56% | IMISSYOU | 8 | Loving words to a far-away friend: 3 wds. |
| 56% | ITSAGIRL | 8 | Gender reveal words for a female baby: 3 wds. |
| 54% | POT | 3 | Word that defines 21- and 55-Across and 3- and 35-Down |
| 54% | POT | 3 | Word that completes 3 Down, 4 Across, 21 Down, and 28 Across |
| 53% | PLAYWITHFIRE | 12 | Live dangerously (3 words) |
| 53% | INASPOT | 7 | Having trouble (3 words) |