| 100% | BRAG | 4 | Talk glowingly about your achievements and go on about your Employee of the Month awards, for example |
| 33% | PLAQUE | 6 | Employee of the month award, say |
| 31% | PLAQUELISTS | 11 | Results of inventories at the Employee of the Month Award factory? |
| 29% | MASCOTS | 7 | Prowl and Sparky of the WNBA, for example |
| 29% | RAIN | 4 | "___ On Me," song by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande that won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020 |
| 29% | THESEAAROUNDUS | 14 | 44-Across book about the science and history of the ocean that won the 1952 National Book Award for Nonfiction (4 wds.) |
| 29% | DAVIDFOSTER | 11 | "Let's Talk About Love" producer who won the 1985, 1992, and 1994 Grammys for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SPACESCIENCE | 12 | The use of Rover on Mars, for example |
| 28% | MYTH | 4 | The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, for example |
| 28% | NOVEMBER | 8 | Month of the year for Thanksgiving and Armistice |
| 28% | ICON | 4 | The recycle bin on your computer screen, for example |
| 28% | ERAS | 4 | The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example |
| 28% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 28% | AWAY | 4 | Out of the office on vacation, for example |
| 28% | BYRONSCOTT | 10 | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MIGRATION | 9 | 2023 animated film about a family of ducks going south for the winter |
| 27% | PAIR | 4 | The queen of hearts and the queen of spades, for example |
| 27% | BET | 3 | Put $50 on the result of a horse race, for example |
| 27% | PSA | 3 | Commercial about the dangers of vaping or bullying, for example: Abbr. |
| 27% | MOUSE | 5 | Jerry of the "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, for example |
| 27% | OBIES | 5 | 2015 awards for the writer and director of "Hamilton" |
| 27% | DARES | 5 | "Eat a spoonful of horseradish" and "Talk only while breathing inward for the next three rounds," for example |
| 27% | GAYE | 4 | Marvin ___, former member of Harvey and the New Moonglows who is known for his solo hits like "Let's Get It On" and "What's Going On" |
| 27% | MEN | 3 | One of the signs on a bathroom door, for example |
| 27% | BRITS | 5 | Inventors of linoleum and the A.T.M., for example |
| 27% | CALENDARS | 9 | Pictures and months of the year hung on the wall |
| 27% | FISHERMAN | 9 | "The ___ and the Little Fish," a popular fable by 38-Down about a small fish that begs for its life on account of its size |
| 27% | EMMY | 4 | Award for sitcoms and soaps that may remind you of the "idiot box" |
| 27% | PIP | 3 | One of the clubs on a 7 of clubs, for example |
| 27% | ELVES | 5 | Galadriel and Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for example |