| 100% | RATS | 4 | Rodents that followed the Pied Piper, in an old legend |
| 62% | RATS | 4 | Rodents that followed the Pied Piper |
| 62% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that followed the Pied Piper |
| 62% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that follows the Pied Piper |
| 60% | RAT | 3 | Type of rodent that followed the Pied Piper |
| 50% | RAT | 3 | Animal that followed the Pied Piper |
| 38% | WESER | 5 | River in which the Pied Piper drowned Hamelin’s rats, according to legend |
| 38% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that was lured away by the Pied Piper |
| 38% | RAT | 3 | Rodent lured by the Pied Piper |
| 37% | HAMELIN | 7 | The Pied Piper was from this place in Germany |
| 36% | TENSE | 5 | Word that follows the words in 1a, in grammar |
| 36% | EDU | 3 | Domain that follows the dot in Yale's URL |
| 36% | RAT | 3 | Pest that followed Pied Piper |
| 36% | RAT | 3 | Rodent for the Pied Piper |
| 35% | IRENE | 5 | In an old song, the "I'll see you in my dreams" girl |
| 35% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that represents the current year in the Chinese calendar |
| 35% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that's the first animal in the Chinese zodiac |
| 34% | FORTUNE | 7 | The ship that followed the Mayflower in 1621 |
| 34% | ROSIE | 5 | ___ the Riveter (woman in an old wartime poster) |
| 34% | EXTRA | 5 | Newsboy's shout in an old movie (or the actor who shouts it) |
| 34% | SECRETPANEL | 11 | The library in an old mansion may have one |
| 34% | ALLHERE | 7 | Like the gang, in an old song |
| 34% | SKY | 3 | Pie in the ___ (something that's unlikely) |
| 34% | ALERO | 5 | Olds that was once in the news |
| 33% | AND | 3 | The word that an ampersand stands in for |
| 33% | SHARP | 5 | In music, an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone |
| 33% | XENA | 4 | "___: Warrior Princess," 1995 show that follows the story of an infamous Amazon warrior from Amphipolis |
| 33% | RATS | 4 | Animals that the Pied Piper was hired to remove |
| 33% | RATS | 4 | Creatures that the Pied Piper was hired to remove |
| 33% | PRECEDENT | 9 | In legal terms, an example that is then followed |