| 100% | HUMPDAY | 7 | The exact middle of the workweek, informally: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ASA | 3 | Words in the middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 52% | OPENSEA | 7 | Middle of the ocean (2 wds.) |
| 49% | HUMPDAY | 7 | The middle of the workweek, slangily |
| 49% | WED | 3 | Middle of the workweek, usually: Abbr. |
| 49% | WED | 3 | Middle of the workweek, for short |
| 48% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Run away in the middle of the night (2 wds.) |
| 48% | UPON | 4 | Get ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds. |
| 48% | UPON | 4 | Getting ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BIGMISTAKE | 10 | Song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia from her debut album "Left of the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ASA | 3 | Middle of most similes: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ASA | 3 | Middle of a simile: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STEVENMNUCHIN | 13 | The current US Secretary of the Treasury: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 45% | HIPBONE | 7 | Part of the pelvis: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ONTOP | 5 | Sitting ___ of the world: 2 wds. |
| 45% | STANTHONY | 9 | Patron of the poor: 2 wds. |
| 45% | KANSASCITY | 10 | Home of the Royals: 2 wds. |
| 45% | THOMASEDISON | 12 | Inventor of the phonograph: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SEABED | 6 | Bottom of the ocean: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WISEMEN | 7 | Another term for the three Magi of the Bible: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOEGREENE | 9 | "Mean" Pittsburgh Steelers player of the 1970s: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WRITTENUP | 9 | Reported for a violation of the rules: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNCARPENTER | 13 | Director of the first "Halloween": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HOTPANTS | 8 | Short shorts of the 1970s: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 45% | WEWON | 5 | Cry of the winning team: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RIBCAGE | 7 | Bony wall of the chest: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNDEERE | 9 | Inventor of the steel plow: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ISNO | 4 | "Ignorance of the law ___ excuse": 2 wds. |