| 100% | NOWHEARTHIS | 11 | Start of a PA announcement on a naval ship |
| 49% | BAABAABLACKSHEEP | 16 | Start of a nursery rhyme on a farm |
| 47% | USS | 3 | Letters on a naval ship |
| 46% | LADIES | 6 | Start of a ringmaster's announcement |
| 45% | TOERR | 5 | Start of a saying on forgiveness |
| 45% | BEWARE | 6 | Start of a sign on a gate |
| 45% | HAVINGAFINETIME | 15 | Start of a message on 20-Across |
| 44% | ROUNDONE | 8 | Announcement from MC at start of a bout |
| 44% | WEWONDER | 8 | Start of a comment on a popular adage |
| 44% | APORT | 5 | On or toward the left side of a ship |
| 44% | ICLIMBMOUNT | 11 | Start of a quote on how aging changes nothing |
| 44% | CREW | 4 | Group of employees on a cruise ship |
| 43% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt |
| 43% | THE | 3 | Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell |
| 43% | HER | 3 | The "H" of "HMS" on British naval ships |
| 43% | ALEE | 4 | Out of harm's way, on a ship |
| 43% | BOATLOAD | 8 | Rough number of passengers on a full ship |
| 43% | GOTON | 5 | Started on a piece of equipment |
| 43% | MYGOALINLIFEIS | 14 | Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09 |
| 43% | STOKER | 6 | Tender of a furnace on a train or ship |
| 43% | WALE | 4 | Heavy plank on the side of a wooden ship |
| 43% | UPGRADING | 9 | Raising the quality of your cabin on a ship |
| 43% | PROMENADE | 9 | Deck of a ship for taking a stroll on |
| 42% | ALEE | 4 | On the sheltered side of a ship |
| 42% | APORT | 5 | On the left side of a ship |
| 42% | FLOTSAM | 7 | Wreckage of a ship, floating on the waves |
| 42% | CREW | 4 | Group of workers on a ship |
| 42% | AFT | 3 | Opposite of fore, on a ship |
| 42% | LEE | 3 | Opposite of weather, on a ship |
| 42% | BOWSPRIT | 8 | Type of spar on a ship |