| 100% | BUFFERING | 9 | The annoying hold-up when trying to stream media |
| 45% | ASECONDBASEBUMP | 15 | The annoying unevenness you always trip over when you're trying to steal from first, and the fourth official gets you every time |
| 44% | WATERMARK | 9 | A hidden design exposed when held up to the light |
| 43% | ARMWRESTLE | 10 | Try to get the upper hand in competition? |
| 43% | CONCHES | 7 | Things held up to the ear |
| 43% | UNTIL | 5 | Up to the point when |
| 43% | CANIBUYAVOWEL | 13 | What you might cry when trying to answer the six starred clues? |
| 41% | BAR | 3 | What you try to go under when doing the limbo |
| 41% | SPLASH | 6 | What a diver tries to minimize when hitting the water |
| 40% | SKIPASS | 7 | Thing to hold up when you need a lift? |
| 40% | FAREWAR | 7 | When the price to go up may go down? |
| 40% | NEWYORKSTRAP | 12 | Something to hold when taking the A train? |
| 39% | ROOMPANIC | 9 | Film about college kids trying to clean up the dorm before parents weekend? |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | When to get to the airport to pick someone up: Abbr. |
| 39% | ETAS | 4 | When trains are predicted to show up at the station: Abbr. |
| 39% | STEM | 4 | What to hold when the bud's for you |
| 39% | STOOD | 5 | Crowd ____ up to applaud when the goal was scored |
| 39% | AIRPLANE | 8 | Telephone mode to use when up in the sky |
| 39% | THEPRISRIGHT | 12 | Exclamation when a product lives up to the hype? |
| 39% | WATERMARK | 9 | Hidden paper design, seen when held to the light |
| 39% | ATTACKEDBYTHEPRESS | 18 | The candidate tried to cover it up and was ___ |
| 39% | MAG | 3 | Something many people can pick up when they're waiting to see the doc |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is scheduled to pull up to the gate: Abbr. |
| 38% | ONRAMP | 6 | Place to pick up speed when entering the freeway: Hyph. |
| 38% | CIVILLAW | 8 | What someone tries to use when they yell, "I'll sue the pants off you!" |
| 38% | HEAD | 4 | Part of the body to support when holding a newborn baby |
| 38% | ATLAS | 5 | Titan condemned to hold up the heavens |
| 37% | SEANCES | 7 | Events where mediums try to contact the dead |
| 37% | MON | 3 | Day when it's hard to wake up in the morning, for short |
| 37% | URN | 3 | What Jeff Probst holds when he goes to "tally the votes" on "Survivor" |