| 100% | TEMPLE | 6 | Soft spot at the side of the forehead |
| 55% | RE*EA | 5 | Stop at the side of the road |
| 55% | TEMPLE | 6 | Flat part at the side of the head |
| 54% | AMPS | 4 | They may stand at the side of the stage |
| 54% | TICKETBOOTH | 11 | Spot at the front of a theater |
| 53% | HOSE | 4 | It may wind up at the side of the house |
| 52% | CREDIT | 6 | Line at the side of a photo |
| 52% | DITCHES | 7 | Trenches found at the side of roads |
| 52% | PALEBEACH | 9 | Popular tanning spot at the start of the season? [SEE PREVIOUS CLUE] |
| 51% | SABERS | 6 | They go into battle at the sides of cavalrymen |
| 51% | HOSE | 4 | It may wind up at the side of a house |
| 50% | POW | 3 | Exclamation at the end of the “West Side Story” tune “Cool” |
| 50% | TEMPLES | 7 | Sides of the head between ears and the forehead |
| 50% | WRAP | 4 | Kind of dress fastened at the side |
| 48% | ASH | 3 | Material for a forehead mark at the beginning of Lent |
| 48% | ACID | 4 | At the lower side of the pH scale |
| 47% | RRS | 3 | Properties at the midpoints of the N, E, S, and W sides of Monopoly boards |
| 47% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |
| 46% | UVULA | 5 | Small fleshy flap of tissue at the back of the throat; an extension of the soft palate |
| 46% | UVULA | 5 | Small, fleshy flap of tissue at the back of the throat; an extension of the soft palate |
| 46% | MOSS | 4 | Soft growth on the north side of trees, it's said |
| 46% | CLEF | 4 | Figure at the left side of a musical staff |
| 46% | III | 3 | Numeral at the right side of a clock face |
| 45% | BLT | 3 | "Giant ___," soft sculpture of a sandwich at the Whitney Museum |
| 45% | MARGIN | 6 | Column for notes at the left side of ruled paper |
| 44% | SEARS | 5 | What to "Come see the softer side of," in a slogan |
| 43% | NEXT | 4 | At the front of the line |
| 43% | NEXTUP | 6 | At the head of the line |
| 43% | LAST | 4 | At the back of the pack |
| 43% | NEXT | 4 | At the head of the line |