| 100% | BOOKS | 5 | Things that are bound to be enjoyed? |
| 62% | EYESORES | 8 | Things that are hard to look at |
| 62% | MISC | 4 | Things that are hard to categorize: Abbr. |
| 62% | AISLES | 6 | Things that may have to be cleared |
| 62% | WIRES | 5 | Things that are cut to defuse time bombs |
| 62% | DUD | 3 | Thing that turns out to be a disappointment |
| 60% | DONTS | 5 | Things that are out of bounds |
| 58% | EPHEMERA | 8 | Things that are enjoyed for a short time |
| 58% | SEALEVELS | 9 | Things that are rising globally, according to scientists |
| 58% | TABOOS | 6 | Things that are forbidden, not acceptable to say |
| 57% | MEN | 3 | Things that are "easy to get but hard to keep" according to Mae West |
| 56% | OPTICALILLUSION | 15 | Thing that may appear to be symmetrical but isn't ... like this puzzle's grid |
| 56% | YAWNERS | 7 | Things that are so boring they cause people to get sleepy |
| 56% | GODSENDS | 8 | Things that are so beneficial as to seem divine in origin |
| 56% | PINATAS | 7 | Things that kids are encouraged to break |
| 56% | HABIT | 5 | Thing that might be hard to kick |
| 55% | EYES | 4 | Things that people are warned not to cross |
| 54% | NONOS | 5 | Things that kids are told not to do: Hyph. |
| 54% | MASSAGES | 8 | Treatments that many are prone to enjoy? |
| 53% | THREES | 6 | Increments that good things are said to come in |
| 52% | SMALLFRY | 8 | Some, but not all, fishy things that will eventually grow to become bigger fingerlings |
| 52% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Unfinished things that need to be "tied up": 2 wds. |
| 52% | IMSUCHAJERK | 11 | "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!" |
| 51% | IMDUE | 5 | "Things are bound to go my way soon" |
| 49% | FATED | 5 | Bound to be |
| 48% | WILLBE | 6 | Is bound to happen |
| 48% | LODES | 5 | Things that are picked |
| 48% | NEEDS | 5 | Things that are wanted |
| 48% | HABITS | 6 | Things that are kicked |
| 48% | LOVELIES | 8 | Things that are pleasing |