| 100% | ESTATES | 7 | Things dealt with in passing? |
| 55% | COPES | 5 | Deals with things |
| 54% | ESTATE | 6 | Property dealt with in a will |
| 53% | ZAP | 3 | Deal with, in a way, as ads |
| 51% | MOPPEDUP | 8 | Dealt with a mess, in a way |
| 50% | AGENDA | 6 | List of items or issues dealt with in a meeting |
| 50% | THEDEVILYOUKNOW | 15 | Better adversary to deal with, in a saying |
| 50% | LANES | 5 | Things to pass in |
| 50% | ACTS | 4 | Things passed in Congress |
| 50% | ARUT | 4 | In ___ (bored with things) |
| 49% | KNEWATRICKORTWO | 15 | Had dealt with similar things before, perhaps |
| 49% | HISTORY | 7 | Category dealing with events in Trivial Pursuit |
| 49% | OLEOS | 5 | Things with oils in them |
| 48% | YEAS | 4 | Things needed in passing? |
| 48% | SITES | 5 | Things with periods in their names |
| 48% | BUSHES | 6 | Things beaten in searches, with "the" |
| 48% | ECON | 4 | A subject in college that deals with things like demand and finances: Abbr |
| 47% | BIO | 3 | Branch of science dealing with living things, for short |
| 47% | BBQS | 4 | Things with spits and pits, in brief |
| 47% | HAIL | 4 | With 54 Down, desperate passes, in football |
| 47% | ONION | 5 | Thing with layers, in a "Shrek" analogy |
| 47% | ADDED | 5 | Put in with other things |
| 46% | PURPOSEBUILT | 12 | Made with one thing in mind |
| 45% | ATRAIN | 6 | With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn |
| 45% | CLUTTERED | 9 | Filled with things in an untidy way |
| 45% | TACT | 4 | Adroitness in dealing with people |
| 45% | ADAPTOGENS | 10 | Substances that supposedly help the body deal with stress, in alternative medicine |
| 44% | BLOBS | 5 | Shapeless things in lava lamps (rhymes with "snobs") |
| 44% | LURCH | 5 | Bad thing to be left in, with "the" |
| 44% | TACT | 4 | Sensitivity in dealing with an issue |