| 100% | TROUBLESHOOTERS | 15 | Result of a merger between Hasbro and Nikon? |
| 70% | SPAMFILTERS | 11 | Result of a merger between Hormel and Instagram? |
| 70% | DRIVENUTS | 9 | Result of a merger between Google and Planters? |
| 69% | POLOGROUNDS | 11 | Result of a merger between Ralph Lauren and Starbucks? |
| 69% | TIDEPOOLS | 9 | Result of a merger between Procter & Gamble and Jacuzzi? |
| 69% | SINGLESBARS | 11 | Result of a merger between Kraft and Hershey's? |
| 69% | LIFECOACHES | 11 | Result of a merger between Quaker Oats and Greyhound? |
| 47% | SYNERGY | 7 | Hoped-for result of a merger |
| 46% | AFLCIO | 6 | Result of a '55 union merger |
| 46% | THECW | 5 | Result of a 2006 network merger |
| 45% | GHOSTTOWN | 9 | Result of a boom and bust, maybe |
| 42% | PUNT | 4 | Result of a sack on third and long, maybe |
| 41% | WAIST | 5 | Part of a shoe between heel and sole |
| 40% | YEARLING | 8 | A horse between 12 and 24 months of age |
| 40% | WEB | 3 | Part of a baseball mitt between the fingers and thumb |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Sign of a person born between July 23 and August 22 |
| 39% | CENTRALBANK | 11 | Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton" |
| 39% | SIXTEENTOONS | 12 | Between a dozen and a score of Disney creations? |
| 39% | EFFECT | 6 | A result of something else; cause and __ |
| 39% | NAMECHANGE | 10 | Possible result of a marriage or gender transition, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 39% | DADO | 4 | Part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice |
| 39% | TRANSEPT | 8 | Part of a church between the nave and the sanctuary |
| 39% | STEM | 4 | Part of a wineglass between the base and the bowl |
| 38% | CUBANO | 6 | Sandwich at the center of a long-running rivalry between Miami and Tampa |
| 38% | ESTER | 5 | Product of a reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid |
| 38% | TABLET | 6 | In Between a smartphone and laptop; slab of rock |
| 38% | UNITE | 5 | — the Union, organisation formed in 2007 from a merger of Amicus and the TGWU |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | Time between distillation and bottling of a whiskey |
| 37% | BOAC | 4 | State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways |
| 37% | ETTOCOMEY | 9 | Start of a radio communication between a 1982 film alien and former FBI director James? |