| 100% | DRUG | 4 | The "D" of D.E.A. |
| 91% | SOL | 3 | A, in the key of D |
| 85% | PENTAD | 6 | The fingers of a hand, e.g. |
| 84% | ALLAN | 5 | The "A" of E. A. Poe |
| 84% | ALLAN | 5 | The A of E.A.P. |
| 83% | ACIDITY | 7 | The level of sourness, e.g. of a food or substance |
| 83% | EXPANSION | 9 | Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. |
| 80% | LOAD | 4 | Amount in the back of a pickup, e.g. |
| 80% | ATOP | 4 | At the summit of a mountain, for e.g. |
| 80% | HOODORNAMENT | 12 | Jaguar on the front of a Jaguar, e.g. |
| 80% | TOOTHED | 7 | Serrated, e.g. the edge of a beech leaf |
| 79% | FGH | 3 | Trio to the right of the D on a keyboard |
| 79% | RECAP | 5 | Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. |
| 79% | OVERSHOOT | 9 | Accidentally go past, e.g. the end of a runway |
| 79% | MORELATER | 9 | Phrase at the end of a dashed-off e-mail |
| 78% | OVERTURE | 8 | The opening to a piece of music, e.g. The 1812 __ |
| 77% | ORIANA | 6 | Title woman of a film that won the 1985 Camera d'Or |
| 76% | ATT | 3 | The "A" of D.A.: Abbr. |
| 76% | REDO | 4 | Change the décor of a room |
| 76% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 76% | NOOK | 4 | Breakfast spot that's also the name of a Barnes & Noble e-reader |
| 76% | COINCIDE | 8 | Happen at the same time, e.g. a crossover of plans |
| 75% | AVERAGE | 7 | The "A" of D.J.I.A. |
| 75% | FUNFACT | 7 | That the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666, e.g. |
| 75% | ALIENSPACEBARCRAFT | 18 | E.T.'s ability to use the lower part of a keyboard? |
| 74% | PARADIGMSHIFT | 13 | Transition to a heliocentric model of the universe, e.g. |
| 73% | DAKOTA | 6 | The D of SDSU |
| 73% | SEN | 3 | One percent of a D.C. group--or the group itself |
| 73% | FWD | 3 | Repeated abbr. in the subject line of a chain e-mail |