| 100% | ALE | 3 | Something that's not hard to drink? |
| 73% | CIDER | 5 | Something that might be hard to drink? |
| 64% | SMOKERING | 9 | Something that's not easy to blow |
| 62% | PAGETURNER | 10 | Something that's hard to close? |
| 62% | RARE | 4 | Something that's hard to find |
| 62% | MYFIRSTRODEO | 12 | Not something that's not new to me? |
| 56% | CIDER | 5 | Something hard to drink? |
| 55% | THELINE | 7 | Something that may be hard to hold |
| 54% | ATM | 3 | Something that most people use, but it's also not tough to go through a withdrawal |
| 52% | TMI | 3 | "That's not something I needed to know" |
| 52% | AMUST | 5 | Something that's not optional |
| 52% | LIE | 3 | Something that's not true |
| 52% | PLURAL | 6 | Something that's not singular |
| 52% | ONESHOT | 7 | Something that's not repeated |
| 51% | NONO | 4 | Something that's not allowed: Hyph. |
| 51% | PAP | 3 | It's not hard to swallow |
| 50% | RAREDISEASE | 11 | Something that's not contracted very often |
| 50% | TABOO | 5 | Something that's not accepted by the society |
| 50% | OUR | 3 | Something that's not really part of SOS |
| 50% | LSD | 3 | Something that's illegal to drop |
| 50% | PAR | 3 | Something that's good to break |
| 49% | APP | 3 | Something that's downloaded to a smartphone |
| 49% | LIE | 3 | Say something that's not true |
| 48% | YOUI/DOTHEMATH | 14 | "It's not hard to guess how this will end" |
| 48% | NOGREATSHAKES | 13 | *Blended drinks that leave something to be desired? |
| 48% | LOL | 3 | Texter's abbreviation to indicate that something's funny (but not as funny as in 7-Across) |
| 48% | EGG | 3 | Something that's broken to make an omelet |
| 48% | RELAYRACE | 9 | Something that's impossible to run by yourself |
| 48% | STEAL | 5 | Take something that's not your property |
| 48% | ESSAYTEST | 9 | Something that’s not quite as easy as A, B, C? |