| 100% | ESTIVATE | 8 | Spend the summer in a torpid state |
| 50% | DAYDRINK | 8 | Spend the afternoon in a beer garden, say |
| 46% | CITE | 4 | State the source in a research publication, say |
| 46% | WINTERED | 8 | Spent a season in the sun? |
| 46% | SOAKS | 5 | Spends a while in the tub |
| 45% | SOBERUP | 7 | Spend a night in the slammer, perhaps |
| 45% | GOCAMPING | 9 | Spend a vacation in the great outdoors |
| 45% | CAMPS | 5 | Spends a few days in the woods |
| 44% | NICKEL | 6 | A five-cent coin in the United States |
| 44% | LAZE | 4 | Spend half the afternoon in a hammock, e.g. |
| 44% | HOUSTON | 7 | A center of space research in the United States |
| 43% | LAZE | 4 | Spend a summer afternoon idling on the couch, e.g. |
| 43% | COUNTY | 6 | Largest division of a state in the US |
| 43% | TILESETTER | 10 | One spending a long time in the bathroom? |
| 43% | PREEN | 5 | Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, say |
| 42% | CAROLINA | 8 | Has a North and South state in the USA |
| 42% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname for a state university in the South) |
| 42% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| 42% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 42% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen |
| 42% | NRA | 3 | Designation for a protected area in the United States: Abbr. |
| 41% | ONENATION | 9 | The United States, in a familiar pledge |
| 41% | LOBS | 4 | Tennis shots that spend a long time up in the air |
| 41% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 40% | POLO | 4 | Water ___, team sport played in the water that is a popular summer activity |
| 40% | INFLATION | 9 | State of the economy exhibiting a rise in prices |
| 39% | ALERT | 5 | In a post-caffeine state |
| 39% | UNAWAKE | 7 | In a non-vigilant state |
| 39% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |