| 100% | XOUT | 4 | Strike from a list, in a way (2 wds.) |
| 66% | XOUT | 4 | Strike off a list, in a way |
| 65% | OFSORTS | 7 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 65% | KINDOF | 6 | In a way: 2 wds. |
| 64% | LEAKOUT | 7 | Escape from a crack in a pipe: 2 wds. |
| 63% | SETUP | 5 | Framed, in a way: 2 wds. |
| 63% | LEADON | 6 | Give false hopes to, in a way: 2 wds. |
| 62% | IWON | 4 | "Victory is mine!" in a way: 2 wds. |
| 62% | GOAPE | 5 | Lose self-control, in a way: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ETAL | 4 | List shortener in a bibliography: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ETAL | 4 | List-ending abbreviation in a bibliography: 2 wds. |
| 59% | LETSLIDE | 8 | Ignore, in a way (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ONVIDEO | 7 | Recorded, in a way (2 wds.) |
| 59% | WINKAT | 6 | Flirt with, in a way (2 wds.) |
| 57% | EGGON | 5 | Encourage in a taunting way: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ALLUDESTO | 9 | Mentions in a roundabout way: 2 wds. |
| 57% | HIGHNOTE | 8 | End on a ___ (finish in a positive way): 2 wds. |
| 57% | ETAL | 4 | List-ending abbreviation in a bibliography (2 wds.) |
| 56% | IMA | 3 | "___ Barbie girl, in the Barbie world ..." (lyrics from a 1997 song): 2 wds. |
| 56% | ETAL | 4 | "And others," in a list (2 wds.) |
| 56% | HEATSEAL | 8 | Make airtight, in a way: 2 wds. |
| 56% | MAGGIESMITH | 11 | English actress from "Downton Abbey" who was made a Dame in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DOI | 3 | "How ___ love thee? Let me count the ways" (line from a Browning sonnet): 2 wds. |
| 55% | XOUT | 4 | Strike from a list |
| 55% | OMIT | 4 | Strike from a list |
| 55% | CALLEDON | 8 | "I ___ her on the way back from work." (paid a visit): 2 wds. |
| 55% | SEXYSADIE | 9 | Girl in a Beatles song from the "White Album": 2 wds. |
| 54% | SWEETVIRGINIA | 13 | Girl in a Rolling Stones song from "Exile on Main St.": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | He played Mork from Ork in a "Happy Days" spin-off: 2 wds. |
| 53% | GALAXYQUEST | 11 | 1999 sci-fi comedy in which Alan Rickman played an actor from a cult TV show: 2 wds. |