| 100% | DIGRAPH | 7 | The "th" in "the," e.g. |
| 90% | SKI | 3 | Compete in the Super G, e.g. |
| 83% | TRIO | 4 | The witches in "Macbeth," e.g. |
| 83% | DISCS | 5 | The winks in tiddlywinks, e.g. |
| 83% | SHRINE | 6 | The Kaaba in Mecca, e.g. |
| 83% | PUB | 3 | The Harp in London, e.g. |
| 83% | AGUA | 4 | The rain in Spain, e.g. |
| 83% | TRIO | 4 | The Fates in "Hercules," e.g. |
| 83% | RIO | 3 | The Araguaia in Brazil, e.g. |
| 82% | DEER | 4 | The yearling in The Yearling, e.g. |
| 81% | SPRITES | 7 | The Rhinemaidens in the "Ring" cycle, e.g. |
| 81% | MANEATERS | 9 | The sharks in the "Jaws" franchise, e.g. |
| 80% | EMOJI | 5 | The icon in the 4-Down clue, e.g. |
| 80% | LOSE | 4 | Hit the top in Tetris, e.g. |
| 80% | ANIMAL | 6 | Marcel the monkey in "Friends," e.g. |
| 78% | TIP | 3 | "Take the filly in the fifth," e.g. |
| 78% | FAD | 3 | The limbo, in the early 1960s, e.g. |
| 78% | INN | 3 | The Tabard in "The Canterbury Tales," e.g. |
| 78% | MANIA | 5 | Reaction to the Beatles in 1964, e.g. |
| 78% | ASL | 3 | Much of the dialogue in “CODA,” e.g. |
| 78% | NOVEL | 5 | "The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. |
| 78% | TIP | 3 | "The dapple in the eighth," e.g. |
| 78% | DEER | 4 | The yearling in the 1939 Pulitzer winner "The Yearling," e.g. |
| 77% | TETRAD | 6 | The women in "Little Women," e.g. |
| 77% | ERA | 3 | The Thatcher years, e.g., in Britain |
| 77% | MONTH | 5 | The 4 in 4/6, e.g. |
| 77% | BADGUY | 6 | The Joker in Batman movies, e.g. |
| 77% | ENL | 3 | In the 29-Down, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 77% | SHOCKER | 7 | The shower scene in "Psycho," e.g. |
| 77% | INN | 3 | The Tabard in "Canterbury Tales," e.g. |