| 100% | VAR | 3 | Spelling of a word that's not the usual: Abbr. |
| 52% | VERSE | 5 | Part of a song that's not the chorus |
| 51% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 49% | VAR | 3 | Not the usual spelling: Abbr. |
| 48% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 46% | REDRUM | 6 | Backwards spelling of a nasty word in The Shining |
| 45% | OUI | 3 | French 101 word that's also the title of a Jeremih song |
| 45% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word that means the opposite of another word (for example, "good" vs. "bad") |
| 45% | ALA | 3 | Southern state that's first alphabetically in a list of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 44% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 44% | NOT | 3 | Word that completely changes the meaning of a sentence |
| 44% | CENT | 4 | Word that appears in capital letters on the back of a penny |
| 44% | EAU | 3 | French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 43% | ALT | 3 | Word that indicates "different than the usual" when put before a music genre |
| 43% | TNT | 3 | Explosive compound that's also the name of a TV channel: Abbr. |
| 43% | ROWS | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "rose" |
| 43% | AUTO | 4 | Word that's a homophone of "Otto" |
| 43% | ANAGRAM | 7 | A word or phrase that can be formed using the letters of another word |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 43% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 43% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 43% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that's in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 42% | TOO | 3 | Word that's a homophone of a number |
| 42% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 42% | OWE | 3 | Word that's a homophone of its first letter |
| 42% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 42% | DAS | 3 | Word that can precede EFX or Racist to create the name of a hip-hop group |
| 41% | LAST | 4 | The __ word of the four longest answers spells a season ending soon |
| 41% | HUNGRY | 6 | Starving ... and a word that's a homophone of Budapest's country |
| 41% | HUNGRY | 6 | Starving... and a word that's a homophone of Budapest's country |