| 100% | SAD | 3 | The so-called "winter blues," for short |
| 72% | MONO | 4 | The so-called "kissing disease," for short |
| 54% | MON | 3 | Day of the blues, for short |
| 54% | STL | 3 | Home of the Blues, for short |
| 52% | SPINEL | 6 | The so-called new birthstone for August as of 2016 |
| 51% | DEM | 3 | On the blue side, for short |
| 51% | STL | 3 | The Blues of the NHL, for short |
| 50% | STL | 3 | House of Blues for short? |
| 49% | RNS | 3 | Ones calling the shots, for short? |
| 49% | REF | 3 | One calling the shots, for short? |
| 49% | EARTH | 5 | The so-called "blue marble" |
| 49% | SNL | 3 | Venue for the Blues Brothers, for short |
| 49% | SNL | 3 | Where the Blues Brothers debuted, for short |
| 49% | UMP | 3 | One who calls the strikes, for short |
| 48% | ELO | 3 | "Out of the Blue" group, for short |
| 48% | ESP | 3 | So-called sixth sense, for short |
| 47% | ONEG | 4 | So-called universal donor type, for short |
| 46% | MST | 3 | Winter time in the Centennial State, for short |
| 45% | VWBUS | 5 | So-called "hippie-mobile," for short |
| 45% | FLU | 3 | Winter ailment, for short |
| 45% | XMAS | 4 | Winter holiday, for short |
| 45% | FLU | 3 | Winter bug, for short |
| 45% | FLU | 3 | Winter illness, for short |
| 45% | TEL | 3 | Calling device, for short |
| 45% | MON | 3 | Day that may give you the blues, for short |
| 44% | MONO | 4 | Infection sometimes called the kissing disease, for short |
| 44% | UMP | 3 | Person making calls behind the plate, for short |
| 44% | DIYERS | 6 | Ones unlikely to call the handyman, for short |
| 44% | MONDAY | 6 | Manic __; post-weekend blues for The Bangles |
| 44% | CARB | 4 | Low-___, for short (like the Atkins diet) |