| 100% | SNEER | 5 | Smile or talk in a mocking manner (rhymes with "deer") |
| 51% | SNEER | 5 | Smile or talk mockingly (rhymes with "deer") |
| 46% | YACHTING | 8 | Racing or sailing in a boat, rhymes with rotting |
| 45% | IRONICAL | 8 | In a mocking manner |
| 40% | JOKINGLY | 8 | In a humorous or flippant manner |
| 39% | LEERILY | 7 | In a suspicious way, or with skepticism |
| 39% | SMIRK | 5 | Smile in a smug manner |
| 39% | TAUNTED | 7 | Mocked in a jeering manner |
| 39% | SNEER | 5 | A contemptful smile, or a look of disdain (rhymes with "Beer") |
| 38% | SIMPERING | 9 | Smiling in a coy manner, smirking |
| 38% | NEEDY | 5 | In a constant state of want; rhymes with seedy |
| 38% | STAGGER | 7 | Walk in a lurching or wobbling manner |
| 38% | SPLUTTER | 8 | Say in a hurried or choking manner |
| 38% | HASTE | 5 | Word rhymed with "waste" in a proverb |
| 37% | PAREE | 5 | City rhymed with ''mystery'' in a WWI song |
| 37% | COLA | 4 | Word rhymed with "Lola" in a Kinks song |
| 37% | MOCK | 4 | To make fun of something in a scornful manner (rhymes with "chalk") |
| 37% | EEK | 3 | Shriek that rhymes with a word in this clue |
| 37% | STASH | 5 | Store in a secret spot (aptly rhymes with "cache") |
| 37% | MEATSTEW | 8 | Entree in a bowl with beef or lamb, say |
| 37% | KITE | 4 | Word rhymed with “height” in a “Mary Poppins” song |
| 37% | TAMPER | 6 | Adjust in a disruptive manner, __ with; meddle |
| 36% | ORLOP | 5 | Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks |
| 36% | AMONTHOFSUNDAYS | 15 | Thirty-one in a row, with no weekdays or Saturdays |
| 36% | APSE | 4 | Recess in a church with an arched or domed roof |
| 36% | SPOUT | 5 | Word rhymed with "stout" in "I'm A Little Teapot" |
| 36% | SOU | 3 | Coin name rhymed with two in a Les Misérables song |
| 36% | ROOTED | 6 | With 29-Across, like a deer in headlights |
| 36% | DRONEON | 7 | Talk endlessly in a boring manner (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CLOWNING | 8 | Playing pranks or behaving in a comedic manner |