| 100% | BANNED | 6 | Something that is prohibited or forbidden |
| 65% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Prohibited, or something that is against the law |
| 59% | ODIOUS | 6 | Something that is unpleasant or repulsive |
| 59% | UTTERANCE | 9 | Something that is spoken or said |
| 59% | LICIT | 5 | Something that is not forbidden by law |
| 58% | UNKNOWN | 7 | Something that is not known or understood |
| 58% | DEED | 4 | Something that is done, performed, or accomplished |
| 58% | UNKNOWN | 7 | Something that is unfamiliar or not understood |
| 58% | EPIC | 4 | Something that is heroic or grand in scale |
| 58% | RESIDUAL | 8 | Something that is left over or left behind |
| 57% | VAIN | 4 | Something that is fruitless or marked by futility, say |
| 56% | NEW | 3 | Something that is fresh, or right out of the box. Brand ___ |
| 55% | AMENDED | 7 | Something that has been changed or modified |
| 55% | SAIL | 4 | Something that may be trimmed or rigged |
| 55% | ANGLE | 5 | Something that can be acute or obtuse |
| 55% | LIP | 3 | Something that may be bitten or busted |
| 55% | CASE | 4 | Something that can be tried or cracked |
| 55% | BAR | 3 | Something that can be raised or passed |
| 55% | NOTICE | 6 | Something that may be served or taken |
| 53% | SIGHTUNSEEN | 11 | Literal description of something that is 18-, 24-, 40- or 49-Across |
| 53% | ONION | 5 | Something that can be red or white, but not blue |
| 53% | PRIORITY | 8 | Something that takes precedence or is most urgent |
| 53% | ODES | 4 | Verses that are dedicated to something or someone |
| 52% | WISH | 4 | Crave something that cannot or probably will not happen |
| 51% | LAUDATORS | 9 | Those that are always praising, or even glorifying, something |
| 51% | ENHANCED | 8 | Something or someone, that has been given special abilities |
| 50% | REPAIRED | 8 | Fixed or mended something that was broken |
| 49% | SHUTTLECOCK | 11 | Conical object that is "shot" across in badminton ... or something made of feathers |
| 49% | HOW | 3 | Question word or the way that something is done |
| 48% | EXISTENT | 8 | Something that is |