| 100% | PHONEBOOKS | 10 | The Terminator's locating aids as he searches for the right Sarah Connor |
| 32% | DREDGE | 6 | Search for daughter right at the border |
| 32% | ROOT | 4 | Search for the breast, as a newborn |
| 32% | MINES | 5 | Searches for the useful parts of, as data |
| 30% | BRIANHOYER | 10 | He replaced 31-Across as backup quarterback for the Colts: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RHETORICALQUESTS | 16 | Speakers' searches for just the right words? |
| 29% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | Searched for the philosopher's stone |
| 28% | GREWINTO | 8 | Reached the right size for, as hand-me-downs |
| 28% | LENA | 4 | ___ Headey, actress who is known for her television roles on "Game of Thrones" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" |
| 28% | JACOBYBRISSETT | 14 | He replaced 16-Across as the starting quarterback for the Colts: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MESS | 4 | (5/5) "You also find out that Jackpot had broken into Blanks' trailer and left a ___ (clutter) as he searched for something..." |
| 27% | CHARMAN | 7 | He's well-sooted for the job |
| 26% | ABE | 3 | He's to the right of Teddy on Mount Rushmore |
| 26% | ABRAHAM | 7 | He's to the right of Theodore on Mount Rushmore |
| 26% | BIDE | 4 | ___ one's time (wait for the right moment to act) |
| 26% | ALGEBRA | 7 | Search for the unknown? |
| 26% | MANHUNT | 7 | Search for the wanted |
| 26% | LENA | 4 | ___ Headey, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" actress |
| 26% | GOP | 3 | It's on the right, for short |
| 26% | ALG | 3 | Search for the unknown?: Abbr. |
| 26% | STING | 5 | He sang for the police |
| 25% | BRADPITT | 8 | He falls for Julia Roberts in 2001's The Mexican |
| 25% | COAST | 5 | "The Mosquito ___," 1986 drama film starring River Phoenix as Charlie Fox for which he won the Young Artist Award |
| 25% | COURAGE | 7 | What Dorothy's friend the Lion was searching for |
| 25% | CRAZY | 5 | "The ___ Ones," TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Sydney Roberts for which she won a People's Choice Award |
| 25% | MIRANDA | 7 | A cop's warning as to the right to silence |
| 25% | PROTEM | 6 | One who's acting as boss for the moment: President ___ |
| 24% | SANTA | 5 | He's known in the Netherlands as "Sinterklaas" |
| 24% | TSELIOT | 7 | He said the most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible |
| 24% | TGI | 3 | “My 14-Hour Search for the End of ___ Friday’s Endless Appetizers,” by Caity Weaver |