| 100% | PRANK | 5 | Senior ___ (high school tradition) |
| 86% | TESTEES | 7 | High school seniors, often |
| 86% | PROM | 4 | High school seniors' dance |
| 84% | PROM | 4 | High school senior's dance |
| 84% | SATS | 4 | High school seniors' exams: Abbr. |
| 84% | PROM | 4 | High school dance for seniors |
| 83% | GPA | 3 | High school senior's statistic: Abbr. |
| 83% | GPA | 3 | High school senior's stat: Abbr. |
| 83% | PROM | 4 | High school senior's big dance |
| 83% | FOURTHYEARS | 11 | High school or college seniors, usually |
| 82% | PROM | 4 | High school senior's dress-up dance |
| 82% | SAT | 3 | High school senior's standardized exam: Abbr. |
| 81% | PROM | 4 | Dance for high school seniors |
| 80% | PROM | 4 | Big dance for high school seniors |
| 80% | SAT | 3 | Standardized exam for high school seniors |
| 80% | PROM | 4 | Big event for high school seniors |
| 80% | SATS | 4 | Exams for high school seniors: Abbr. |
| 79% | PROM | 4 | Big night for a high school senior |
| 77% | SAT | 3 | Aptitude test for a high school senior: Abbr. |
| 77% | SATS | 4 | Standardized exams for many high school seniors: Abbr. |
| 77% | SAT | 3 | Pre-college exam for high school seniors: Abbr. |
| 73% | APRIL | 5 | When high school seniors often visit the colleges that accepted them |
| 67% | NICKROBINSON | 12 | "Love, Simon" actor who plays high school senior Eric Walker on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | PROM | 4 | High-school senior's formal dance |
| 66% | THEGIRL | 7 | "___ Next Door," 2004 film starring Emile Hirsch as a high school senior Matthew Kidman : 2 wds. |
| 65% | BIRD | 4 | "Lady ___," 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan about a high school senior's strained relationship with her mother |
| 64% | CLASS | 5 | ___ ring (high school senior's keepsake) |
| 64% | PROM | 4 | Big day for high-school seniors |
| 63% | COLLEGE | 7 | High school |
| 63% | SATS | 4 | Exams for high-school juniors or seniors |