| 100% | ELDEST | 6 | Set led astray by the most senior |
| 42% | PROTEM | 6 | President ___ (Senate position typically held by the majority party’s most senior member, for short) |
| 41% | MISGUIDED | 9 | Led astray by misplaced reasoning |
| 39% | DEMOCRATS | 9 | Proponents of government by the many |
| 38% | MEDLEY | 6 | Yours truly led astray by unknown mixture |
| 38% | OLDEST | 6 | Most senior of the lot |
| 38% | SAMETOKEN | 9 | By the ___ (what's more) |
| 38% | CWO | 3 | The most senior NCM in the Canadian Armed Forces: Abbr. |
| 37% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | __ City has been hit by the most tornadoes |
| 37% | GOOGLING | 8 | Looking up by the most popular search engine |
| 37% | SGTMAJ | 6 | Most senior enlisted rank in the USMC |
| 36% | NICOMEDIA | 9 | Most senior capital city of the Roman Empire |
| 36% | IRON | 4 | The most common element on Earth, by mass |
| 36% | MENTOR | 6 | Lead by the hand |
| 36% | BAMBOOZLE | 9 | Lead by the nose |
| 36% | BARTOLOCOLON | 12 | Dominican pitcher who, last August, set the record for most wins by a Latin American pitcher with 246: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CRATE | 5 | Not the most reliable set of wheels |
| 35% | UTOPIA | 6 | 1516 satire by the philosopher Thomas More |
| 34% | PACE | 4 | Set the ___ (be in the lead) |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | Setting for much of the "Odyssey" |
| 34% | TOPRATED | 8 | Deemed the most-watched TV show by Nielsen: Hyph. |
| 34% | BENEFITED | 9 | Made the most of fine bet lost by journalist |
| 34% | SCORER | 6 | The leading one has the most points |
| 34% | FARMANIMALS | 11 | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| 34% | ARK | 3 | Setting for the musical "Two by Two" |
| 34% | INDIA | 5 | Setting for much of the movie "Lion" |
| 34% | TANNEST | 7 | Most colored by the sun |
| 33% | ALUNSER | 7 | Record holder for the most Indianapolis 500 laps led (644) |
| 33% | HEAVEN | 6 | "Stairway to ___," classic hit by the rock band Led Zeppelin |
| 33% | SAFFRON | 7 | Most expensive spice in the world by weight |