| 100% | STIRCRAZY | 9 | Sick of staying in (but not actually sick, so that's good) |
| 40% | LION | 4 | So-called "king of the jungle" that actually lives in grasslands |
| 39% | PUPPETSTATE | 11 | Country that's nominally, but not actually, independent |
| 38% | DRAB | 4 | Olive color that's great if you're a grunt eating in the desert but not so great when you're appearing at the Grammy Awards |
| 37% | NOOSE | 5 | Loop that it's good to stay out of |
| 37% | TEE | 3 | Type of shirt that's usually not tucked in |
| 37% | DIATOM | 6 | Aquatic microorganism that's not actually composed of a pair of particles? |
| 36% | SEX | 3 | Type of content that's not found in G-rated movies |
| 36% | GOOD | 4 | Better than so-so, but not excellent |
| 36% | ABBR | 4 | Letters that may follow some of the clues in the Vox crossword due to it being a small, but not that easy, puzzle |
| 35% | SOLAR | 5 | Kind of energy that's not used in Alert, Canada in winter |
| 35% | HAY | 3 | Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen |
| 35% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Georgia city that's the setting of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
| 35% | TIKI | 4 | Type of torch actually invented in the U.S., not Polynesia |
| 35% | ANDOUILLE | 9 | *Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill |
| 35% | ABETS | 5 | Assists, but not in a good way |
| 35% | ABETS | 5 | Helps, but not in a good way |
| 35% | ROOM | 4 | What's left in a cup of coffee so that you can add cream and sugar |
| 35% | BOMBAY | 6 | ___ duck, misleading name of a dish that's actually made of fish, not duck |
| 35% | BEIGEFLAG | 9 | Odd habit that's not necessarily a good or bad sign, in dating slang |
| 35% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 35% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 34% | LOUD | 4 | Very bright, but not in a good way |
| 34% | ILL | 3 | Not in the best of health |
| 34% | BOSTON | 6 | ___ cream pie, misleading name of a dessert that's actually a cake, not a pie |
| 34% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Southern city that's the setting for "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" |
| 34% | SUBPAR | 6 | Good in golf ... otherwise, not so much |
| 34% | MADE | 4 | "___ in Heaven," one of Queen's best selling albums that was the band's final studio album |
| 33% | DOTTEDI | 7 | Letter that begins “Istanbul” in Turkish, but not in English |
| 33% | DRYHEAT | 7 | Feature of a 95° day in Phoenix, but not Miami |