| 100% | CURED | 5 | Stage for a ham? |
| 73% | DELI | 4 | Place for a ham |
| 73% | OVEN | 4 | Place for a ham |
| 70% | REDGIANT | 8 | Stage for a big star? |
| 68% | REENACT | 7 | Stage for a true-crime documentary, say |
| 68% | RYE | 3 | Bread for a ham sandwich |
| 66% | TWOS | 4 | Terrible ___ (challenging stage for a toddler) |
| 64% | RYE | 3 | Bread for a ham and Swiss sandwich, perhaps |
| 64% | SEED | 4 | Starting stage for a plant's life, say |
| 63% | EMOTE | 5 | Be a ham on stage |
| 63% | SCRIM | 5 | Material for a stage curtain |
| 63% | SET | 3 | Backdrop for a stage play |
| 63% | ACTED | 5 | Worked for a stage coach |
| 62% | SHOE | 4 | One tapped for a stage show? |
| 62% | REHEARSES | 9 | Practices lines for a stage performance |
| 61% | SET | 3 | ___ designer, professional who may design the stage for a dance performance |
| 61% | HOOK | 4 | Swift ending for a bad stage performance |
| 61% | LEVEL | 5 | Palindromic word for a video-game stage |
| 60% | AGITATE | 7 | Stage a protest, for example |
| 59% | HOOFER | 6 | Slang for a stage dancer, a tap exponent |
| 58% | AMP | 3 | Stage speaker for a band |
| 58% | RISER | 5 | Stage platform for a choir |
| 57% | PIANOS | 6 | Stage filler for a ''monster concert'' |
| 57% | CUE | 3 | Stage signal for a forgetful actor |
| 56% | ENTER | 5 | Stage direction for an actor to join a scene |
| 55% | TWOS | 4 | Terrible ___ (stage for a tot) |
| 53% | DAIS | 4 | A stage, say for a speaker |
| 52% | AMP | 3 | Box on a concert stage, for short |
| 52% | AMP | 3 | Booster on a concert stage, for short |
| 52% | ENDGAME | 7 | Final stages of a chess match, for example |