| 100% | ARAL | 4 | Sea that has split up |
| 58% | EXES | 4 | People who have split up |
| 54% | EXES | 4 | 22-Down that has split |
| 53% | EXES | 4 | Romantic partners who have split up |
| 52% | BLOWFISH | 8 | Sea creature that puffs up |
| 49% | ARAL | 4 | Central Asian sea that has lost three-fourths of its volume |
| 48% | GALILEE | 7 | Sea that Jesus is said to have walked on |
| 48% | RENTMONEY | 9 | Dollar bills that have been torn up? |
| 48% | SITARS | 6 | Instruments that have up to 21 strings |
| 48% | POLDER | 6 | Land that has been reclaimed from the sea |
| 47% | ELVER | 5 | Young fish that has migrated from the Sargasso Sea |
| 47% | EVEREST | 7 | Mountain that has the highest peak above sea level |
| 47% | STAGED | 6 | A scene that has been faked or set up |
| 46% | OTIS | 4 | Name that has its ups and downs |
| 46% | OTIS | 4 | Company that has its ups and downs |
| 46% | ASHORE | 6 | Having washed up from the sea, say |
| 46% | YOYOS | 5 | Toys that have their ups and downs |
| 46% | ALASKA | 6 | US state that has a shoreline on the Beaufort Sea |
| 46% | KELT | 4 | Salmon that has spawned but hasn't returned to sea |
| 45% | NRA | 3 | Org. that has people up in arms? |
| 45% | SORRYIASKED | 11 | "Shouldn't have brought that up" |
| 45% | ASTEROIDS | 9 | Classic Atari game that has you blowing up big space rocks |
| 44% | INFLATABLEPOOL | 14 | Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water |
| 44% | WHAM | 4 | Duo that had the hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" |
| 43% | PSALM | 5 | Song that can have up to 176 verses |
| 43% | SUCTION | 7 | Power that a vacuum has to lift objects up |
| 43% | ZIPPING | 7 | Doing up a coat that doesn't have buttons |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | Christmas ___ worm, sea creature that looks like it has branches |
| 42% | BLUE | 4 | Shade that the sky and the sea have in common |
| 42% | RETIREES | 8 | Those who have given up their working lives |