| 100% | SETAT | 5 | Select the temperature on, as a thermostat: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ATLARGE | 7 | On the loose, as a convict: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ATSEA | 5 | Out on the ocean, as a ship: 2 wds. |
| 53% | PEGGYLIPTON | 11 | Actress who starred as a cop on the 1968-1973 series "The Mod Squad": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ATLARGE | 7 | On the loose, as a criminal (2 wds.) |
| 51% | COUGARTOWN | 10 | 2009-2015 ABC/TBS sitcom that starred "Friends" alum Courteney Cox as a single mom on the dating scene: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CEELO | 5 | Green who is due to return as a judge on "The Voice" next season: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NIALLHORAN | 10 | One Direction singer who's in his second season as a coach on "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 48% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Red-haired country singer who's in her first season as a coach on "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SHARONGLESS | 11 | Actress who starred as a cop on the 1982-1988 series "Cagney & Lacey": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ANGIEDICKINSON | 14 | Actress who starred as a cop on the 1974-1978 series "Police Woman": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SETAT | 5 | Adjusted to, as a thermostat (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MAJORIN | 7 | Concentrate on, as a college subject: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer who's back, along with Gwen Stefani, as a veteran coach on "The Voice": 2 wds. |
| 46% | PAYSBACK | 8 | Makes good on, as a debt: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUISTIANT | 9 | Former 27-Across pitcher who appeared as a guest star on the "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" episode of "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | NOAHMILLS | 9 | Actor who learned to do some suturing for his role as a combat medic on NBC's "The Brave": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HUMANRACE | 9 | The people of Earth as a group: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TRIEDON | 7 | Checked the fit of, as a dress: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ADAMLEVINE | 10 | Maroon 5 singer who returned as a coach on "The Voice" in 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AUSTINSTOWELL | 13 | "Bridge of Spies" actor who stars as a young Jethro on "NCIS: Origins": 2 wds. |
| 44% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HARDTIMES | 9 | 1975 film starring Charles Bronson as a bare-knuckle boxer during the Depression: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | "Holey Moley" color commentator who served as a public affairs officer in the Marines: 2 wds. |
| 44% | OWNUP | 5 | Take the blame, as for a mistake: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MODERNTIMES | 11 | 1936 comedy starring 15-/49-Across as a factory worker struggling in the industrialized world: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "Howards End" actress who returns as a doctor in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy": 2 wds. |
| 43% | PEDROMARTINEZ | 13 | Three-time Cy Young Award winner who debuted as a TV analyst for the 2013 playoffs: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ATLEAST | 7 | As a minimum: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASMAD | 5 | "__ as a hatter": 2 wds. |