| 100% | GUESSTIMATE | 11 | Seat-of-the-pants figure |
| 85% | IDIOM | 5 | By the seat of one's pants, e.g. |
| 83% | WINGIT | 6 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 83% | ADLIB | 5 | Fly by the seat of one's pants |
| 83% | STPAULS | 7 | Seat of the Bishop of London |
| 82% | KNEE | 4 | Part of the pants |
| 81% | ANNARBOR | 8 | Seat of the University of Michigan, US |
| 81% | EDO | 3 | Seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate, years ago |
| 80% | LONDON | 6 | Seat of the Government of the United Kingdom |
| 80% | MODENA | 6 | Onetime seat of the Este family |
| 79% | SEAT | 4 | Part of the pants one flies by |
| 78% | CLEVELAND | 9 | Ohio seat of the Indians MLB team |
| 78% | MUMMY | 5 | Valley of the Kings figure |
| 78% | OKIE | 4 | The Grapes of Wrath figure |
| 77% | EYRIE | 5 | Seat of the House of Arryn in Westeros (with "The") |
| 77% | TUCSON | 6 | US city; seat of the University of Arizona |
| 77% | THE | 3 | With 48-Down, seat of the Dutch parliament |
| 77% | ELF | 3 | "Lord of the Rings" figure |
| 77% | ENID | 4 | "Idylls of the King" figure |
| 77% | PHANTOM | 7 | "Music of the Night" figure |
| 77% | ALIEN | 5 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" figure |
| 77% | GANDALFTHEGREY | 14 | "Lord of the Rings" figure |
| 77% | MONK | 4 | ''Name of the Rose'' figure |
| 75% | EDGE | 4 | Suspenseful part of the seat |
| 75% | EDGE | 4 | Tense end of the seat? |
| 75% | COACHFARE | 9 | Cost of the cheap seats? |
| 75% | LASTROW | 7 | Section of the nosebleed seats |
| 75% | TBAR | 4 | It'll grab you by the seat of your pants |
| 74% | GLAMIS | 6 | — Castle, ancestral seat of the Lyons family in E Scotland |
| 74% | GLAMIS | 6 | — Castle, ancestral seat of the Lyons family in eastern Scotland |