| 100% | LEMONLAW | 8 | Statute that protects you from a lot? |
| 48% | EVIL | 4 | Type of eyes that a nazar will protect you from |
| 48% | LESSONS | 7 | You get a lot of them from life |
| 47% | ANTIVIRUS | 9 | Software that protects a PC from infected files |
| 46% | REARGUARD | 9 | Soldiers that protect from behind in a retreat |
| 46% | FIREWALL | 8 | Cyber security system that protects a network from hackers |
| 45% | BIB | 3 | Item that protects a baby's clothes from food stains |
| 45% | SEEME | 5 | Note from a 6-Down that might give you jitters |
| 44% | SHELTER | 7 | A structure that protects from weather or danger |
| 43% | TITANIC | 7 | Sunken ship from a 1997 movie that you may find under the sea |
| 42% | VIRUSCHECK | 10 | Activity that will protect you from Trojan horses and worms |
| 42% | ITD | 3 | "___ be a lot cooler if you did ..." (classic Matthew McConaughey line from Dazed and Confused) |
| 42% | GUITAR | 6 | Stringed instrument that you "strum," with a name originating from Greek |
| 42% | EWE | 3 | Animal that sounds a lot like you? |
| 41% | SHIELDLAW | 9 | Statute that protects journalists' sources |
| 41% | APRON | 5 | Garment that could protect you from hot spatters when you fry bacon |
| 41% | CLINGY | 6 | Like a cat that follows you from room to room |
| 41% | EVILSPIRIT | 10 | What a dream catcher might protect you from |
| 40% | INERT | 5 | With 3-Down, those you're quite unlikely to get a reaction from? |
| 40% | BEEP | 4 | Sound that helps you find your car in a parking lot |
| 40% | LOT | 3 | "That means a ___ coming from you!" |
| 40% | EARPLUGS | 8 | They protect you from racket |
| 40% | USEDCAR | 7 | Possible purchase from a lot |
| 40% | CLINIQUE | 8 | Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? |
| 40% | DARE | 4 | "Yeah, I have a lot of questions. Number one, how ___ you?," famous dialogue by Kelly Kapoor from "The Office" |
| 39% | UMBRELLA | 8 | Item to protect you from rain |
| 39% | FORD | 4 | Escape from a lot, e.g. |
| 39% | POP | 3 | "___ quiz!" phrase to indicate a surprise quiz that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 39% | IMGOINGIN | 9 | Words from a secret agent that might follow “You stay back” |
| 39% | IBERIA | 6 | Airline with a hub in Madrid that will fly you direct from there to Washington, DC |