| 100% | SMOG | 4 | Thick layer of fog polluted with smoke |
| 42% | SMOG | 4 | Combination of fog and smoke, a leading cause of lung diseases in polluted regions |
| 41% | DERMIS | 6 | Thick layer of skin |
| 41% | MAT | 3 | Thick layer of hair |
| 39% | BLUBBER | 7 | Thick layer of fat on sea mammals |
| 39% | SMOG | 4 | Fog mixed with smoke |
| 38% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |
| 38% | TURF | 4 | Layer of thick even grass |
| 37% | SMOGS | 5 | Mixtures of fog and smoke |
| 35% | WHITTLE | 7 | Shave off layers of wood with a knife |
| 35% | BAKLAVA | 7 | Layers of filo pastry with pistachios and syrup |
| 34% | PEA | 3 | Thick as ___ soup (description of heavy fog) |
| 34% | SMOG | 4 | Mixture of smoke and fog |
| 34% | SMOG | 4 | Cocktail of smoke and fog |
| 34% | SMOG | 4 | Portmanteau of smoke and fog |
| 34% | SMOG | 4 | Mixture of smoke and fog? |
| 34% | SHAG | 4 | Coiffure with lots of layers |
| 33% | SCRAPING | 8 | Taking off the top layer of paint with a tool |
| 33% | BLUBBER | 7 | Thick layer of fatty tissue below the skin of a whale used as a source of oil |
| 33% | SMOG | 4 | A combination of smoke and fog |
| 33% | WISP | 4 | Bit of smoke (rhymes with "lisp") |
| 32% | SMOG | 4 | Mixture of smoke, fog and chemical fumes |
| 32% | WISP | 4 | Thin puff of smoke (rhymes with "lisp") |
| 32% | KARPATKA | 8 | Polish cake with a thick pastry cream layer |
| 32% | CRUSTY | 6 | Describes bread with a thick, crunchy outer layer |
| 32% | PLUME | 5 | Lump collapsed with energy and puff of smoke |
| 31% | PEASOUP | 7 | Thick fog metaphor ... and what each set of circled letters is? |
| 31% | GATEAU | 6 | Cake with layers of cream or fruit |
| 31% | GATEAU | 6 | Cake with layers of fruit or cream |
| 31% | HAAR | 4 | Thick sea fog that sounds like the start of a snarky laugh |