| 100% | GOODDREAM | 9 | Subject of wistful reminiscing right after one wakes up, maybe |
| 30% | BARTAB | 6 | You might pick one up after a couple of drinks |
| 29% | DIRTYDISHWATER | 14 | Contents of the kitchen sink after cleaning up, maybe |
| 28% | SEXT | 4 | Subject of a scandal, maybe |
| 28% | ARENA | 5 | Subject of naming rights, perhaps |
| 27% | ROUSE | 5 | Wake up right next to river |
| 27% | TRYST | 5 | Subject of an encoded message, maybe |
| 27% | YETI | 4 | Subject of a blurry photo, maybe |
| 27% | HARASSMENT | 10 | Subject of a workplace lawsuit, maybe |
| 27% | PLUSONE | 7 | Subject of a party introduction, maybe |
| 27% | ESTATE | 6 | Subject of a family feud, maybe |
| 27% | BLDDOORIVE | 10 | Subject of a Sleeves Up campaign |
| 27% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the biography The Right Word |
| 27% | CATO | 4 | Subject of one of Plutarch's "Lives" |
| 26% | HIV | 3 | Subject of much of ACT UP's activism |
| 26% | BAE | 3 | Subject of a "one year with this one |
| 26% | RAISE | 5 | Subject of an end-of-year office memo, maybe |
| 26% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the Caldecott Honor book "The Right Word" |
| 26% | FITEERS | 7 | Ones jacking up prices, maybe |
| 26% | EGG | 3 | One of a dozen, maybe |
| 25% | LEADEN | 6 | Like the feeling of one's legs after a marathon, maybe |
| 25% | DATE | 4 | What might be arranged after one swipes right |
| 25% | BORISGOODENOUGH | 15 | Headline after one of Becker's Wimbledon wins? |
| 25% | MEATAXE | 7 | One breaking up some beef, maybe? |
| 25% | HERS | 4 | One of a matched pair, maybe |
| 25% | DEAN | 4 | One in charge of discipline, maybe |
| 25% | OTHERWOMAN | 10 | One-third of a triangle, maybe |
| 25% | DORM | 4 | One side of a quad, maybe |
| 25% | ASTOR | 5 | One of $ix Tycoon's subjects |
| 25% | SEXWORK | 7 | Subject of the anthology “A Vindication of the Rights of Whores” |