| 100% | INVERSE | 7 | The opposite sounds like it is written as a poem? |
| 49% | WIIPLAY | 7 | Nintendo party game (which sounds like it could be the opposite of 1-Across?) |
| 45% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FLU | 3 | Bug that sounds like it was in the air? |
| 40% | NAUGHT | 6 | It sounds like knot but is defined as nothing |
| 39% | GRIN | 4 | Expression that seems like it would be the opposite of 5-Across? |
| 39% | TIKTOK | 6 | App that features clips you can watch ... and sounds like it should be installed on a watch |
| 38% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 38% | ANT | 3 | Its larva is eaten as a delicacy in the Mexican dish escamoles |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like "a duck if the duck were a songbird," according to Angels in America |
| 37% | BED | 3 | A word that, when written lowercase, looks like the piece of furniture that it represents |
| 37% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 37% | DESK | 4 | “Why is a raven like a writing ___?”(riddle posed by the Mad Hatter) |
| 37% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 37% | STOLON | 6 | Plant stem that sounds like it was ripped off? |
| 36% | STET | 4 | Leave a section of writing as it is |
| 36% | RAZE | 4 | Verb that sounds like its opposite |
| 36% | BEE | 3 | Q: Why is a flower like the letter A? A: Because a ___ goes after it |
| 36% | PLUTO | 5 | It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 35% | ODE | 3 | Poem written as a tribute |
| 35% | SNAPPER | 7 | Fish that can be red, sounds like it's a biter |
| 35% | PHI | 3 | It's written as a vertical line bisecting a circle |
| 35% | THRONE | 6 | Royal chair, sounds like it's been bowled! |
| 35% | PEACOAT | 7 | Jacket that sounds like it should be green |
| 35% | WEBLOG | 6 | It is the same as blog |
| 35% | CHILI | 5 | Hot dish that sounds like it should be cold |
| 35% | ASSIGN | 6 | Allocate; sounds like it could be Leo or Aries |
| 35% | CHILI | 5 | Spicy food that sounds like it should be cold |
| 35% | OLAY | 4 | Skincare brand that sounds like it might be Spanish |
| 35% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |