| 100% | GNAT | 4 | Small bug whose first letter is silent |
| 67% | WREN | 4 | Bird whose first letter is silent |
| 65% | PSI | 3 | Greek letter whose first letter is silent |
| 52% | BSA | 3 | Grp. whose first letter is now outdated |
| 52% | ARE | 3 | Word whose first letter is dropped in contractions |
| 49% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 48% | GIF | 3 | Internet term whose first letter is either pronounced with a hard or soft G |
| 47% | OAK | 3 | Tree whose first two letters are vowels |
| 46% | MEGALOMANIA | 11 | Condition whose first two letters are oddly appropriate |
| 45% | WEBLOG | 6 | Online journal whose first two letters are usually dropped |
| 45% | ETA | 3 | First letter in the Greek alphabet whose name is three letters long |
| 44% | HILO | 4 | City whose first two letters are its state's postal abbreviation |
| 44% | WEBLOGS | 7 | Word meaning “online journals” whose first two letters are usually omitted |
| 44% | MAPLE | 5 | Tree whose first four letters are an anagram of another tree |
| 41% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 41% | AROMANTIC | 9 | Orientation whose name is often shortened to its first three letters |
| 41% | TARPAULIN | 9 | Covering whose name is often shortened to its first four letters |
| 40% | ARLES | 5 | French city whose last two letters are silent |
| 39% | GARBO | 5 | Actress Greta whose first non-silent film was "Anna Christie" |
| 39% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 38% | GNAT | 4 | Annoying bug with a silent first letter |
| 38% | DEA | 3 | Agency whose first letter stands for Drug |
| 38% | VCHIP | 5 | Technology whose first letter stands for "violence" |
| 38% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 38% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Noted criminal whose name starts with the same first four letters as where he was imprisoned |
| 38% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | First leg of the Triple Crown, whose levels of success can be found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 37% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich whose first letter stands for 11-Down |
| 37% | RNA | 3 | Genetic material whose first letter stands for "ribo" |
| 37% | SMS | 3 | Digital protocol whose first letter stands for short |