| 100% | TTDEE | 5 | Short composition for one instrument intended as an exercise for the improvement of a performer’s technique |
| 33% | SWAPOUT | 7 | Exchange, as an old piece of equipment for a new one |
| 33% | REP | 3 | Short for one movement in a set of exercises |
| 33% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 31% | SEO | 3 | Improvement of a web page's visibility, for short |
| 30% | HEIRS | 5 | Ones gathering for the reading of a will |
| 30% | PTS | 3 | Letters appearing on the "5" key on old Spanish typewriters, intended as an abbreviated symbol for the currency of Spain |
| 30% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 30% | PHOTO | 5 | Industrial revolution invention that's the output of a camera, for short |
| 29% | ETUDE | 5 | Short composition for a solo instrument |
| 29% | ASL | 3 | It's sometimes shown in the corner of a TV screen, for short |
| 29% | BASEBALL | 8 | One of the sports 15-Across played as a pro, for six seasons with three teams |
| 29% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 29% | OPHICLEIDE | 10 | Keyed musical instrument developed as an improvement on the serpent |
| 29% | AGENTNOUN | 9 | In grammar, a word for the performer of a verb |
| 29% | MANOMETER | 9 | Instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid |
| 29% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich that's the subject of a "Manifesto" by J. Kenji López-Alt, for short |
| 29% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove, as a tweet from the top of one's profile |
| 29% | UNPIN | 5 | Remove from the top of one's profile, as a tweet |
| 29% | WHO | 3 | One of the five W's for a journalist |
| 29% | CPU | 3 | The "brains" of a smartphone, for short |
| 28% | RATIO | 5 | Pi is one, for the circumference of a circle to its diameter |
| 28% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 28% | ERE | 3 | Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one |
| 28% | STEER | 5 | Control the movement of a vessel, for one |
| 28% | QUIN | 4 | One of a fivesome, for short |
| 28% | MRS | 3 | One of a couple, for short |
| 28% | TERR | 4 | Land under the jurisdiction of a state, for short |
| 28% | AMT | 3 | Figure at the bottom of a bill, for short |
| 28% | ENDORSED | 8 | Signed for deposit, as the back of a check |