| 100% | CARAVEL | 7 | The Niña or the Pinta, but not the Santa Maria, by design |
| 50% | SHIP | 4 | The Niña, the Pinta, or the Santa María |
| 49% | SHIP | 4 | Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria |
| 44% | SHIP | 4 | Niña, Pinta, or Santa Maria |
| 43% | SHIPS | 5 | The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, for example |
| 41% | COLUMBUS | 8 | His ships were the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria |
| 41% | XMAN | 4 | Wolverine or Rogue, but not the Flash: Hyph. |
| 40% | ASIDE | 5 | Actor's line heard by the audience but not the other characters |
| 39% | CAMECLOSE | 9 | Missed the mark, but not by much |
| 39% | FUTURE | 6 | Not the past or present but this |
| 39% | ASIDE | 5 | Line heard by the audience but not by other characters |
| 38% | VERDICT | 7 | The guilty or not guilty decision by a jury |
| 38% | NINA | 4 | Companion of the Pinta and Santa Maria |
| 38% | OAR | 3 | Tool used by most of a rowing team, but not the coxswain |
| 37% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 37% | PINTA | 5 | Sister ship of the Nina and Santa Maria |
| 37% | TITULAR | 7 | Like the characters Romeo and Juliet, but not Mercutio or Tybalt |
| 37% | BLOWERS | 7 | Devices for leaves or snow, but not at the same time |
| 37% | NINA | 4 | It sailed with the Pinta and the Santa Maria |
| 37% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | NINA | 4 | Ship that sailed with the Pinta and the Santa Maria |
| 36% | NINA | 4 | Sister ship of the Pinta and Santa Maria, in 1492 |
| 36% | PINTA | 5 | The Niña, the ___, and the Santa Maria |
| 35% | ARTS | 4 | The “A” in M.A. or M.F.A., but not M.B.A. |
| 35% | FILIPPO | 7 | Italian architect Brunelleschi who designed the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore |
| 35% | PINTA | 5 | Companion of the Niña and the Santa Maria |
| 35% | VESSELS | 7 | Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria |
| 35% | NINA | 4 | One of Columbus's ships, along with the Pinta and the Santa Maria |
| 35% | BYRON | 5 | "I love not man the less, but nature more", by Lord George Gordon ____ |
| 34% | SISTERSHIPS | 11 | The Nina and the Pinta, e.g. |