| 100% | JERRY | 5 | The mouse that Tom was chasing after |
| 44% | IDLE | 4 | The Eric that minor planet 9620 is named after |
| 42% | ISAAC | 5 | The Asimov that Japan's humanoid robot was named after in 2000 |
| 42% | GIN | 3 | Spirit that is the basis of a Tom Collins cocktail |
| 41% | SPROUTS | 7 | Brussels ___, cabbage relative that is roasted, named after the Belgian capital |
| 41% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks dramedy that was the second highest-grossing film of 1994 (3 wds.) |
| 41% | SMOKEDEEL | 9 | Food that chef Tom Kerridge says is "like the poshest bacon ever" |
| 41% | BBA | 3 | Course in management that is often done after writing the SAT's |
| 40% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 40% | REW | 3 | Button that might be pushed after one comes back from the bathroom, briefly |
| 39% | NIGHTS | 6 | Stranger ___ (If "Stranger Things" was about weird things that happened after the sun sets?) |
| 39% | SCR | 3 | File extension of an app that kicks in after the PC's been inactive |
| 39% | HOWLER | 6 | Monkey that is named after the loud noise it makes |
| 39% | ASTERS | 6 | Flowers that are named after the Greek word for "star" |
| 39% | QUEUE | 5 | Only English word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 38% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking service created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe that was popular in the 2000s |
| 38% | GETTYSBURG | 10 | Where the farm that Eisenhower retired to after his presidency was located |
| 37% | LUCIFER | 7 | Fantasy TV series named after the protagonist who is the Lord of Hell played by Tom Ellis |
| 37% | GAZA | 4 | Area that was part of the Ottoman Empire after 1918, subsequently occupied by the UK, Egypt and Israel |
| 36% | POWERS | 6 | The ___ that be |
| 36% | MACARENA | 8 | 1993 song by Los del Rio that became a dance craze after it was covered by the Bayside Boys |
| 36% | HENCE | 5 | That being the case |
| 36% | ERGO | 4 | That being the case |
| 36% | BBORNOTBB | 9 | That is the question |
| 36% | REGIME | 6 | The powers that be |
| 36% | REGIMES | 7 | The powers that be |
| 36% | ASSUCH | 6 | That being the case |
| 36% | IMPOSSIBLE | 10 | "The ___," 2012 film starring Tom Holland that was inspired by the real-life disaster caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami |
| 36% | YORE | 4 | Those were the days |
| 36% | LAWS | 4 | Those are the rules |