| 100% | QUITSCOLDTURKEY | 15 | Suddenly stops eating Thanksgiving leftovers? (ending with one under, three times in a row) |
| 38% | CHA | 3 | Syllable often said three times in a row |
| 38% | NAG | 3 | Verb often said three times in a row |
| 38% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes written three times in a row |
| 37% | LETITSNOW | 9 | Phrase sung three times in a row in a holiday song |
| 37% | ILOVEYOU | 8 | Lyric sung three times in a row in the Beatles' "Michelle" |
| 36% | UTA | 3 | ___ Pippig, first woman to win the Boston Marathon three times in a row |
| 33% | CHICAGO | 7 | & 1A Basketball team that won the NBA Finals three times in a row twice, from 1991-93 and 1996-98 |
| 33% | RAOUL | 5 | Name with three vowels in a row |
| 33% | TAC | 3 | One of three in a row |
| 31% | NYPD | 4 | Org. with a small, one-story building in Times Square |
| 30% | BREAKINGRANKS | 13 | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| 30% | TER | 3 | Three times, in a prescription |
| 30% | ELLIPSIS | 8 | Three points in a row, perhaps |
| 29% | AMONTHOFSUNDAYS | 15 | Thirty-one in a row, with no weekdays or Saturdays |
| 29% | TORA | 4 | Word used three times in a 1970 war movie |
| 29% | KEN | 3 | Jennings who won 74 times in a row on "Jeopardy!" |
| 29% | HATED | 5 | Word appearing three times in a 2000 Roger Ebert title |
| 29% | OAR | 3 | One in a row? |
| 28% | FASTED | 6 | Stopped eating for a time |
| 28% | MRSWHO | 6 | One of three immortal elders in "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| 28% | SCISSORS | 8 | One of three choices in a kids' game |
| 28% | PAPA | 4 | One of three bears in a fairy tale |
| 28% | NERD | 4 | Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with "out" |
| 28% | FREDO | 5 | One of three brothers in a Puzo best seller |
| 28% | ATOM | 4 | One of three particles in a carbon dioxide molecule |
| 28% | GHOSTED | 7 | Suddenly stopped communicating with, in modern lingo |
| 28% | AGER | 4 | Ending with screen in a modern portmanteau |
| 28% | FRATBOY | 7 | One of many dudes in a row? |
| 28% | HANDLINGCHARGES | 15 | With one's fingers in a socket? |