| 100% | LEAK | 4 | Something of concern in a gas pipeline |
| 53% | ALT | 3 | No. of concern in a cockpit |
| 49% | CODE | 4 | Something of concern to a building developer … or software developer |
| 46% | YEA | 3 | A vote in favor of something |
| 46% | BSIDE | 5 | Something in back of a hit? |
| 46% | FIE | 3 | Something in front of a foe? |
| 45% | OZONE | 5 | Gas in a layer of the atmosphere |
| 45% | GIFT | 4 | Something in a game of Yankee Swap |
| 44% | CHAW | 4 | Something placed in the mouth of a pitcher? |
| 44% | JOB | 3 | Something listed in the "Experience" section of a résumé |
| 44% | EAR | 3 | Something tugged in a game of charades |
| 42% | BIOMARKER | 9 | Something that can indicate the presence of a disease in the body |
| 41% | BESTMAN | 7 | Guy in a tux with a ring whose title is often something of a stretch |
| 41% | REGARD | 6 | Think of something in a specific way |
| 41% | BACKDRAFT | 9 | Explosion of gases in a building fire |
| 41% | BOA | 3 | Soft, fluffy scarf that might be worn in a fashion show ... or something made of feathers |
| 41% | OMEN | 4 | Something interpreted from a bird's behavior, in the ancient Greek practice of ornithomancy |
| 41% | VERDICT | 7 | Outcome of a trial, and something that is a lawyer's concern |
| 40% | UNI | 3 | Something that often precedes a corn, only in fiction, of course |
| 39% | TANKFUL | 7 | Maximum amount of gas in a car |
| 39% | PILOTLIGHT | 10 | Flame in a gas stove |
| 39% | PILOT | 5 | Starter in a gas range |
| 39% | VINDIESEL | 9 | Aptly surnamed star burning a lot of gas in "The Fast and the Furious" |
| 39% | EON | 3 | Something unimaginable that's a blink of an eye in cosmological terms |
| 39% | DAM | 3 | Something that stops the flow of water in a stream |
| 39% | ROADMAP | 7 | Item in a gas station kiosk |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | Something involved in a Biblical exchange that, on the face of it, seem the same |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Something of miner concern? |
| 38% | AMID | 4 | In a group of |
| 38% | AMIDST | 6 | In a crowd of |