| 100% | SNAKES | 6 | Reptiles that look like their first and last letters? |
| 61% | EASE | 4 | Word that sounds like its first and last letters |
| 48% | PALINDROMES | 11 | What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed |
| 47% | SLALOM | 6 | Event that looks like its first letter? |
| 47% | ORANGE | 6 | Fruit that looks like its first letter? |
| 46% | JOANBAEZ | 8 | "Diamonds & Rust" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "On the Floor" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SEANBEAN | 8 | Actor whose first and last names look like they rhyme, but don't |
| 43% | PHI | 3 | Greek letter that looks like an I and O superimposed |
| 43% | JCCHASEZ | 8 | "It's Gonna Be Me" singer in N Sync whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KATIE | 5 | Woman's nickname that sounds like its first and third letters |
| 43% | SENOR | 5 | Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Lake with the same first and last letter |
| 40% | OREO | 4 | Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters |
| 40% | EMU | 3 | Bird that's a primate minus its first and last letters |
| 40% | XXXXX | 5 | Shape of the first and last letters in the Subway logo |
| 39% | ETAS | 4 | Greek capitals that look like letter Hs |
| 39% | THREE | 5 | Number that looks like the letter yogh |
| 39% | PSIS | 4 | Letters that look like tridents |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | Letter that looks like H |
| 39% | ETAS | 4 | Letters that look like H's |
| 39% | EXS | 3 | Letters that look like crosses, phonetically |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | Letter that looks like an H |
| 39% | OMEGA | 5 | Letter that looks like a horseshoe |
| 39% | RHO | 3 | Letter that looks like a P |
| 38% | LAMBDA | 6 | Letter that looks like a flipped y |
| 38% | ELLY | 4 | Woman's name that sounds like its second and first letters, respectively |
| 38% | DAB | 3 | Dance move that looks like someone sneezing into their elbow |
| 38% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 37% | APOSTROPHE | 10 | English language punctuation that looks like ' and indicates possession or contraction |