| 100% | GABS | 4 | Talks and chats because one's got it as a gift |
| 37% | RABBITPUNCH | 11 | Talk and drink - it's a hit |
| 35% | OPERA | 5 | Peter Benchley described it as "where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings" |
| 35% | CAB | 3 | It's got a meter and an odometer |
| 35% | EGG | 3 | It's got a shell, white, and yolk |
| 34% | TOOTH | 5 | It's bad to get a hole in one |
| 34% | POSTCARD | 8 | It's a letter and a picture; gift shop item |
| 32% | WINESNOB | 8 | One who gets all snooty when it's time to get a cab? |
| 32% | CAB | 3 | It's widely hailed as a convenient way to get around |
| 32% | PINETAR | 7 | It helps one get a grip |
| 31% | INSYNC | 6 | Harmonized, as a film and its soundtrack (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SHOE | 4 | It has a tongue and gets tied |
| 31% | SYNAPSE | 7 | It may get fired because of a thought |
| 31% | OTTOMAN | 7 | One might get a leg up on it |
| 31% | CASTIRONSTOMACH | 15 | It takes a lot to get one upset |
| 31% | JACKNICHOLSON | 13 | Actor who won three Oscars, for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Terms of Endearment," and "As Good as It Gets": 2 wds. |
| 30% | FRY | 3 | Get a little too much sun, as it were |
| 30% | BRA | 3 | It often gets wired and has a supporting role |
| 30% | PREEN | 5 | Fuss over one's appearance, as a bird would do with its feathers (rhymes with "sheen") |
| 30% | TWEET | 5 | Message such as @skullmandible's "most cutting thing you can say is 'who's this clown?' because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns" |
| 30% | CAVA | 4 | One of Scotland's smaller Orkney Islands whose name means "calf" and that has just a lighthouse on it |
| 30% | IVIEW | 5 | "___ it as a serious offense"- principal's comment perhaps |
| 29% | TOWEL | 5 | It gets wetter as it dries, per a riddle |
| 29% | OPRAH | 5 | Iconic "... And you get a car!" talk-show host |
| 29% | HALFTIME | 8 | When one might get a pep talk |
| 29% | DOWNS | 5 | "It's got its ups and ___" |
| 29% | GAB | 3 | It's a gift |
| 29% | PRESENT | 7 | It's a gift |
| 29% | GRATIS | 6 | As a gift |
| 29% | RNA | 3 | Its components are often represented as G, U, A, and C, briefly |