| 100% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of, as steak on the grill |
| 85% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of, as a grilled steak |
| 64% | SEAR | 4 | Char the surface of, as steak on the grill |
| 60% | SEAR | 4 | Seal the juices in, as a steak |
| 58% | SEAR | 4 | Seal in the juices of |
| 58% | CHARS | 5 | Seals in the juices of |
| 50% | SEAR | 4 | Cook quickly on the grill, as a steak |
| 49% | SEAR | 4 | Quickly scorch to seal in juices, as a steak |
| 47% | RACEME | 6 | Flower cluster produced on a single stem, as in the lily of the valley |
| 45% | WORMS | 5 | City in Germany on the Rhine noted as the seat of imperial diets |
| 45% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird that appears in the Great Seal on the back of a dollar bill |
| 44% | POUGHKEEPSIE | 12 | City in the state of New York on the Hudson River |
| 43% | CHAR | 4 | Blacken a bit, as food on the grill |
| 43% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on menus |
| 43% | CURLER | 6 | Competitor in the sport known as "chess on ice" |
| 43% | IMPEDE | 6 | Get in the way of, as progress |
| 43% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on a menu |
| 43% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on 28 Across |
| 42% | TRASHIEST | 9 | In the poorest of taste, as a novel |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on menus (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RARE | 4 | Red in the middle, as steak |
| 42% | RARER | 5 | Redder in the middle, as steak |
| 42% | EUROS | 5 | Irish coins with the same harp on them as the official seal of the Taoiseach |
| 42% | ROAM | 4 | Last word in the first line of "Home on the Range" |
| 42% | ANSWER | 6 | It's given in the form of a question on "Jeopardy!" |
| 42% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | "Gin and Juice" rapper who appears as himself in the 2003 video game "True Crime: Streets of LA": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CANYON | 6 | "Echo in the ___," 2018 documentary on '60s music and the journey of various music groups such as The Beach Boys |
| 41% | ALA | 3 | In the style of, on a menu: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALA | 3 | In the manner of, on a menu: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RARE | 4 | Red in the middle, as a steak |