| 100% | CONTRACTTERMS | 13 | Shorten words like "forecastle" and "boatswain"? |
| 55% | NOUNS | 5 | Words like tigers and bears |
| 55% | ADVERBS | 7 | Words like ''possibly'' and ''truly'' |
| 54% | ADFREE | 6 | Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? |
| 54% | INTS | 4 | Words like "ugh!" and "eek!": Abbr. |
| 52% | LIT | 3 | Shortened word after "Brit" and before "crit" |
| 51% | CROSSED | 7 | Like some words and swords |
| 49% | LOGY | 4 | Suffix with words like "psycho" and "socio" |
| 47% | ODE | 3 | Poem that might use words like "e'en" and "o'er" |
| 47% | ODE | 3 | Poem that might use words like "o'er" and "e'en" |
| 47% | ODE | 3 | Poem that might include words like "e'en" and "o'er" |
| 47% | EASE | 4 | Word that sounds like its first and last letters |
| 47% | PROOF | 5 | Suffix with words like bullet and water |
| 47% | NIK | 3 | Suffix with words like sput and neat |
| 47% | AUTO | 4 | Prefix with words like nomy and matic |
| 47% | ASTRO | 5 | Prefix with words like logical and physics |
| 46% | SILENTB | 7 | What words like debt, subtle and thumb have in common: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LAIN | 4 | Word that means "reclined" and sounds like a country road |
| 46% | EASY | 4 | Like connect-the-dots and word-search puzzles, generally speaking |
| 46% | REGIONAL | 8 | Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner" |
| 46% | RHYMELESS | 9 | Like the words orange, wolf and ninth |
| 46% | MISUSED | 7 | Like the words "literally" and "ironic," often |
| 46% | CONJ | 4 | Word like "and" or "or": Abbr. |
| 45% | ATE | 3 | Word that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward |
| 45% | RAVE | 4 | Review that might use words like "marvelous" and "stupendous" |
| 44% | ORONYMS | 7 | Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice cream" and "I scream" |
| 43% | PRONOUNGODS | 11 | People who are awesome with words like "she" and "them"? |
| 43% | POET | 4 | Person who might pair rhyming words like "moon" and "June" |
| 43% | CONJ | 4 | Grammatical word like "and" or "but": Abbr. |
| 42% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's ... or four words to describe 17-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across? |