| 100% | DLEAGUE | 7 | The NBA's farm system until 2017, when its first letter became G |
| 43% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that, when its first letter is removed, becomes the body part that does it |
| 40% | WHO | 3 | It becomes another question when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 39% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 38% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 37% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 37% | NORMA | 5 | Woman's name that becomes a man's name when its first letter is added to the end |
| 32% | SIBERIA | 7 | Region that becomes a peninsula when its first letter is removed |
| 32% | IRENE | 5 | Name that becomes another name when its first letter is dropped |
| 32% | TSARS | 5 | Royalty who, when you switch the first two letters around, become Hollywood royalty |
| 32% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 31% | WHO | 3 | Question that becomes another question when its first letter is moved to its end |
| 31% | HIRE | 4 | Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an "f" |
| 31% | BAN | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" |
| 31% | TINA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched |
| 30% | POET | 4 | Profession that, when its last letter is removed, becomes the surname of a noted practitioner |
| 30% | HEAR | 4 | Verb that becomes a related body part when its first letter is removed |
| 28% | ALCOA | 5 | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| 27% | SCAMS | 5 | Con jobs, or, when broken after its first letter, a hint to the starred answers |
| 27% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity that becomes a given name when its fifth letter is moved to the front |
| 27% | BRAINTEASER | 11 | “What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?,” e.g. |
| 27% | IRIS | 4 | Its first letter sounds like where it's found |
| 27% | SEAANIMAL | 9 | Category whose name becomes that of an example of the category when you combine the first word and the last letter of the second word |
| 27% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 27% | ERIC | 4 | Name that becomes a grain if you move its first letter to the end |
| 27% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 27% | MARKELLEFULTZ | 13 | First overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PAM | 3 | Girl's nickname that becomes its full name when you attach "ela" to the end of it |
| 27% | LANA | 4 | Girl's name that becomes a boy's name when the last letter moves to the start |
| 27% | FOREIGNLANGUAGE | 15 | What's left when you remove the first and last letters of the answers to starred clues |