| 100% | UVRAY | 5 | Thing absorbed by the ozone layer, for short |
| 85% | UVRAY | 5 | Item absorbed by the ozone layer, for short |
| 43% | IRAS | 4 | Things opened by many employees, for short |
| 43% | REPO | 4 | Car seized by the bank, for short |
| 43% | OBE | 3 | Honour bestowed by the queen, for short |
| 43% | REPO | 4 | Car claimed by the bank, for short |
| 43% | IDS | 3 | Cards checked by the TSA, for short |
| 43% | CONDO | 5 | Apartment owned by the resident, for short |
| 43% | CPR | 3 | Skill taught by the Red Cross, for short |
| 42% | REPO | 4 | Car taken back by the bank, for short |
| 42% | INT | 3 | Extra money given by the bank, for short |
| 42% | TDS | 3 | Things made by Vikings, for short |
| 41% | PDA | 3 | Locking lips by the lockers, e.g., for short |
| 41% | BBALL | 5 | Game played by the 15-Across, for short (Hyph.) |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | Constitutional proposal supported by the National Woman's Party, for short |
| 40% | AMMO | 4 | Some military supplies transferred by the U.S. to Ukraine, for short |
| 40% | URL | 3 | Thing defined by Tim Berners-Lee in 1994, for short |
| 39% | IDS | 3 | Cards that are checked by the TSA, for short |
| 39% | CONDO | 5 | Apartment that's owned by the occupant, for short |
| 39% | AMAS | 4 | Grammy alternatives voted on by the public, for short |
| 39% | BPA | 3 | Chemical compound banned in baby bottles by the F.D.A., for short |
| 38% | OBJ | 3 | Anything that can be perceived by the senses, for short |
| 38% | BDS | 3 | Economic protest movement partly inspired by the anti-apartheid fight in South Africa, for short |
| 37% | ACS | 3 | Cooling things at the office, for short |
| 37% | NINERS | 6 | San Francisco-based athletes with a team name inspired by the California Gold Rush, for short |
| 37% | CERIA | 5 | Short name for the compound with the formula CeO2, used by glassmaking hobbyists for polishing |
| 37% | SHIELD | 6 | Ozone layer, for one |
| 37% | CLOUD | 5 | & 2D 2004 novel by David Mitchell short-listed for the Man Booker Prize |
| 37% | CLOUD | 5 | & 25A 2004 novel by David Mitchell short-listed for the Man Booker Prize |