| 100% | REDSHOES | 8 | The __, like Dorothy's footwear for Kate Bush |
| 41% | SHRUB | 5 | Synonym for bush that contains the letters B, U, S, and H |
| 39% | HIKINGBOOTS | 11 | Footwear for the trail |
| 39% | SANDAL | 6 | Footwear for the beach |
| 39% | SKIBOOTS | 8 | Footwear for the slopes |
| 39% | COURAGE | 7 | What Dorothy's friend the Lion was searching for |
| 39% | ONEARMED | 8 | Like the drummer for rock's Def Leppard, amazingly |
| 39% | OVERSET | 7 | Like text that's too long for the layout |
| 38% | MOCS | 4 | Footwear for the stealthy, maybe |
| 38% | WUTHERING | 9 | __ Heights, debut single for Kate Bush in 1978 |
| 38% | WATERSHOES | 10 | Footwear for wading by the beach |
| 37% | ASYLUMSEEKERS | 13 | Like many Central Americans fleeing gang violence for the U.S. |
| 37% | LOOSE | 5 | Like a tooth that's almost ready for the tooth fairy |
| 37% | HETERONORMATIVE | 15 | Like the clue "Wife's partner" for the word "husband" |
| 37% | RUBY | 4 | Like Dorothy's slippers in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 37% | FAV | 3 | Texter's "I like her the most," for short |
| 37% | GOGOBOOTS | 9 | Footwear for Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s |
| 37% | HIKINGBOOTS | 11 | Footwear for a walk in the woods |
| 37% | FLIPFLOP | 8 | Foam footwear for the beach |
| 37% | KITTENHEELS | 11 | Appropriate footwear for the catwalk |
| 37% | FLIP | 4 | ___-flops, footwear for the beach |
| 37% | ETC | 3 | And the like, for short |
| 37% | LOOSE | 5 | Like a tooth that's not quite ready for the Tooth Fairy |
| 37% | RUBYSLIPPERS | 12 | Dorothy's footwear in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 36% | CRYPTO | 6 | Bitcoin and the like, for short |
| 36% | NOSY | 4 | Like someone who's angling for all the juicy details |
| 36% | SLIPPERS | 8 | Soft, comfortable footwear for around the house |
| 36% | YRS | 3 | 2019, 2018, and the likes, for short |
| 36% | YRS | 3 | 2024, 2023, and the likes, for short |
| 36% | ANTECLINTON | 11 | Like the Bush 41 presidency? |