| 100% | TALLORDER | 9 | Task that is tough to complete, but not impossible |
| 46% | TODO | 4 | ___ list (a list with tasks that need to be completed): Hyph. |
| 44% | SMALLFRY | 8 | Some, but not all, fishy things that will eventually grow to become bigger fingerlings |
| 43% | HARDTRUTHS | 10 | Realities that are tough to face |
| 42% | ROCKCAKE | 8 | Curranty bun that is tough to eat perhaps |
| 41% | SSS | 3 | Sibilant sound that is often tough to track down, but if you can't it'll leave you flat |
| 40% | INTERN | 6 | Something that German students completing their medical courses need not be in order to be an assistant doctor |
| 39% | JAZZ | 4 | Genre that "remains distinguishable not by what is played but by how it is played," according to Encyclopedia Britannica |
| 39% | MACAO | 5 | Asian territory that has its own National Olympic Committee but is not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games |
| 39% | IMPASSE | 7 | Situation that is impossible to resolve |
| 39% | INDELIBLE | 9 | Ink that is impossible to erase |
| 38% | MUSTSEETV | 9 | Shows that are not to be missed |
| 38% | RUSHJOB | 7 | Task that has to be done very quickly: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EYETESTS | 8 | Exams that are essentially impossible to study for |
| 38% | REDLINE | 7 | Invisible boundary that is not to be crossed |
| 38% | EELS | 4 | Fish that are typically long but not wide |
| 38% | FADS | 4 | Things that are popular but not long-lasting |
| 38% | LPS | 3 | Records that are not meant to be broken |
| 38% | TABOOS | 6 | Things that are forbidden, not acceptable to say |
| 37% | DOGTOYS | 7 | They're chewable but not meant to be eaten |
| 37% | NONPROFIT | 9 | An NGO that is not run to make money |
| 37% | EEL | 3 | Snake-like fish that is not related to snakes |
| 37% | DOSES | 5 | Medicine measures that are not meant to be exceeded |
| 37% | TWISTERS | 8 | Tongue __, phrases that are tricky but fun to say |
| 37% | SEX | 3 | "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman) |
| 37% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain who says, "I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing" |
| 36% | IDIOM | 5 | Saying that may be tough to translate |
| 36% | IDIOM | 5 | Phrase that might be tough to translate |
| 36% | ITCH | 4 | Annoyance that may be tough to reach |
| 36% | TOADSTOOL | 9 | Mushroom that's not to be eaten |