| 100% | SNARLS | 6 | Responds in an aggressive and threatening tone |
| 41% | PUSHILY | 7 | In an aggressive manner |
| 41% | ADLIB | 5 | Respond in an improv class |
| 39% | MACHO | 5 | Masculine in an aggressive way |
| 38% | STORMING | 8 | __ out; leaving in an aggressive, noisy way |
| 37% | PUBLICLY | 8 | In an open and candid way |
| 35% | REQUIEM | 7 | __ shark is an aggressive species in warm oceans |
| 34% | RISES | 5 | Responds to an alarm, in a way |
| 34% | LYRICAL | 7 | Expressed in an imaginative and beautiful way |
| 34% | DIY | 3 | Letters in an arts and crafts store? |
| 34% | REEDY | 5 | High and thin in tone |
| 34% | REEDY | 5 | Thin and nasally in tone |
| 33% | SKYROCKET | 9 | An abrupt and rapid increase, especially in cost |
| 33% | AFEW | 4 | Quantity of “Good Men” in an Aaron Sorkin play and film |
| 33% | GNOME | 5 | Pointy-hatted garden creature in an animated "Romeo and Juliet" adaptation |
| 33% | INFLATION | 9 | An increase in price and fall in purchasing power |
| 33% | NEBULA | 6 | An enormous cloud of gas and dust in space |
| 33% | BEE | 3 | An insect that lives in hives and makes honey |
| 33% | RICOTTA | 7 | An Italian whey cheese used in lasagna and ravioli |
| 33% | SABRE | 5 | In-state colleague of a Ranger and an Islander |
| 32% | AMPHIBIAN | 9 | An animal that can live on land and in water |
| 32% | STAG | 4 | ___ and doe (party for an engaged couple, in Canada) |
| 32% | WHO | 3 | First baseman in an Abbott and Costello routine |
| 32% | OLE | 3 | Old pronounced in an informal and humorous way |
| 32% | SHAFT | 5 | What an elevator moves up and down in |
| 32% | GLUE | 4 | Sticky supply in an arts and crafts class |
| 31% | GAPTOOTHED | 10 | Like some smiles in an orthodontist's office ... and like three puzzle rows |
| 31% | HYBRID | 6 | In golf, a cross between a wood and an iron club |
| 31% | SHEEPSKIN | 9 | Leather and fleece from an ovine used in coats |
| 31% | FOSSE | 5 | Winner of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in 1973 |