| 100% | SIB | 3 | Sister or 26-Across, for short |
| 70% | DETS | 4 | Some 26 Across, for short |
| 69% | SIB | 3 | Sister or brother, for short |
| 64% | SIB | 3 | Sister or cousin, e.g., for short |
| 63% | ABBR | 4 | 5 or 72 Across, for short |
| 61% | SIB | 3 | Short for a brother or a sister |
| 58% | SIB | 3 | Brother or sister, for short |
| 50% | PAREN | 5 | ) or (, for short |
| 50% | PAREN | 5 | ( or ), for short |
| 49% | BROS | 4 | Sisters' siblings, for short |
| 48% | SIB | 3 | Brother or sister, e.g., for short |
| 47% | PETITE | 6 | Garment size for short or slender women |
| 47% | BRO | 3 | Sister's sibling, for short |
| 47% | BRO | 3 | Sister's counterpart, for short |
| 47% | ECOL | 4 | Short for ecology or ecological |
| 46% | MEG | 3 | A million 19 Across, for short |
| 46% | SKED | 4 | Short word for agenda or plan |
| 46% | INFO | 4 | Short word for data or knowledge |
| 46% | REBIRTH | 7 | Shorter word for transmigration or reincarnation |
| 46% | ETS | 3 | 26-Downs, for short |
| 46% | ACAD | 4 | "A" in USNA, for short (a college or university) |
| 46% | WORLDDOMINATION | 15 | Goal for many a 26- or 43-Across |
| 46% | POINTOFNORETURN | 15 | Punny description for 17-, 26- or 48-Across |
| 45% | SPINE | 5 | Short name for backbone or vertebral column |
| 45% | AFB | 3 | Lackland or Lowry, for short |
| 45% | EMP | 3 | Nero or Napoleon, for short |
| 45% | ISP | 3 | Mindspring or AOL, for short |
| 45% | NLER | 4 | Red or Card, for short |
| 45% | NLER | 4 | Met or Card, for short |
| 45% | SLAV | 4 | Bosnian or Serb, for short |