| 100% | HONE | 4 | Strengthen, as an ability (rhymes with "bone") |
| 57% | PRAT | 4 | Used as an insult in England, rhymes with "brat" |
| 52% | ENDUE | 5 | Provide, as with an ability |
| 52% | AGILITY | 7 | The ability to move quickly and nimbly, as with an athlete |
| 51% | LASED | 5 | Zapped, as an unwanted tattoo (rhymes with "tased") |
| 50% | HONE | 4 | Refine, as an ability |
| 48% | RAZZ | 4 | Tease playfully, as an opponent in a game (rhymes with "Jazz") |
| 48% | REVET | 5 | Strengthen, as an embankment |
| 45% | ULNA | 4 | Bone with an olecranon |
| 44% | ANTIGUA | 7 | As an island nation, it's paired with Barbuda |
| 44% | STAB | 4 | Impale, as an olive with a toothpick |
| 44% | HARDILY | 7 | With an ability to endure |
| 43% | GILD | 4 | Coat, as an item with gold (anagram of "glid") |
| 43% | LINED | 5 | With an extra layer, as winter coats |
| 42% | ROPES | 5 | Secures, as an area, with "off" |
| 42% | OYED | 4 | Negotiated, as with an enemy |
| 42% | FLIRTS | 6 | Toys, as with an idea |
| 42% | CLEAVE | 6 | Split, as with an axe |
| 42% | LOP | 3 | Chop off, as with an axe |
| 42% | LOPS | 4 | Chops off, as with an axe |
| 42% | BESIEGE | 7 | Surround menacingly, as with an army |
| 42% | ADDS | 4 | Puts in, as with an ingredient |
| 41% | VANED | 5 | With feathers, as an arrow |
| 41% | ENDUE | 5 | Provide with an ability |
| 41% | CITYSCAPE | 9 | An image with urban scenery as its primary focus |
| 41% | CCS | 3 | Also addresses, as with an e-mail |
| 41% | SEIZE | 5 | Stop working, as an engine, with "up" |
| 41% | INDETAIL | 8 | Exhaustively, as with an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LIMP | 4 | Walk unevenly, as with an injured ankle |
| 40% | OLD | 3 | "Santa Claus is generally depicted as an ___ man with a beard." (aged) |