| 100% | POPQUIZ | 7 | Surprise that might make a pupil shrink? |
| 68% | POPQUIZ | 7 | It may make a pupil shrink |
| 53% | FLEA | 4 | Insect that might make a dog itch |
| 53% | SEND | 4 | Button that might make a "Whoosh!" sound |
| 53% | STAY | 4 | Word that might make a boxer freeze |
| 53% | LEMONDROP | 9 | Cocktail that may make a drinker pucker |
| 52% | IRON | 4 | Laundry implement that might make a 43-Down |
| 52% | PLAYDOH | 7 | Clay for kids that might make a mess? |
| 52% | TMI | 3 | Letters that might make a long story short? |
| 52% | TREAT | 5 | Word that may make a dog sit up |
| 52% | ERASERS | 7 | Things that might make a cloud when clapped together |
| 52% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that might make a waterslide to play on |
| 51% | UPARROW | 7 | Computer key that might make a video game character jump |
| 50% | REDONION | 8 | Colorful vegetable that might make a prep cook cry: 2 wds. |
| 50% | YMHA | 4 | Community center initialism that might make a good Weird Al Yankovic parody |
| 50% | BEET | 4 | Root vegetable that may make a purplish stain on a cutting board |
| 50% | ACS | 3 | Appliances that may make a vacation in a tropical city cooler: Abbr. |
| 49% | ALARM | 5 | Device that may make noise during a fire |
| 48% | BYOB | 4 | Letters that might make you stop at a wine store |
| 47% | EXAMS | 5 | Tests that might make up a significant percentage of course grades |
| 47% | HAIROGRAPHY | 11 | Dance moves that might make use of braids or a ponytail |
| 47% | STY | 3 | Place that may make someone say, "What, did a tornado just hit?" |
| 47% | NOD | 3 | Gesture that might be made with a wink |
| 47% | BEERBREAD | 9 | Loaf that might be made with a lager |
| 47% | TADA | 4 | Cry that might be made with a bow |
| 47% | MAZE | 4 | Puzzle that might be made in a cornfield |
| 47% | JALAPENO | 8 | Pepper that might be made into a popper |
| 47% | TOGA | 4 | Costume that might be made from a sheet |
| 46% | PARTY | 5 | Event that may be staged as a surprise |
| 46% | CROCHETHOOK | 11 | Tool that might be used to make a scarf |