| 100% | SEALEVELS | 9 | Things that are rising globally, according to scientists |
| 53% | MEN | 3 | Things that are "easy to get but hard to keep" according to Mae West |
| 47% | BOOKS | 5 | Things that are bound to be enjoyed? |
| 47% | EYESORES | 8 | Things that are hard to look at |
| 47% | MISC | 4 | Things that are hard to categorize: Abbr. |
| 46% | WIRES | 5 | Things that are cut to defuse time bombs |
| 45% | TABOOS | 6 | Things that are forbidden, not acceptable to say |
| 45% | YAWNERS | 7 | Things that are so boring they cause people to get sleepy |
| 44% | PINATAS | 7 | Things that kids are encouraged to break |
| 44% | AISLES | 6 | Things that may have to be cleared |
| 44% | HABIT | 5 | Thing that might be hard to kick |
| 44% | EYES | 4 | Things that people are warned not to cross |
| 44% | DUD | 3 | Thing that turns out to be a disappointment |
| 43% | NONOS | 5 | Things that kids are told not to do: Hyph. |
| 42% | GODSENDS | 8 | Things that are so beneficial as to seem divine in origin |
| 42% | SMALLFRY | 8 | Some, but not all, fishy things that will eventually grow to become bigger fingerlings |
| 41% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Unfinished things that need to be "tied up": 2 wds. |
| 41% | IMSUCHAJERK | 11 | "So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!" |
| 41% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that is "a good walk spoiled," according to Mark Twain |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | Big fuss that is about nothing, according to a saying |
| 40% | ARK | 3 | Ship that was three hundred cubits in length, according to the Bible |
| 40% | THORN | 5 | Rose part that is out to hurt you |
| 40% | OWLS | 4 | Birds that are "not what they seem," according to a "Twin Peaks" line |
| 40% | OPTICALILLUSION | 15 | Thing that may appear to be symmetrical but isn't ... like this puzzle's grid |
| 40% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that was parted by Moses, according to Exodus: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THREES | 6 | Increments that good things are said to come in |
| 38% | LODES | 5 | Things that are picked |
| 38% | NEEDS | 5 | Things that are wanted |
| 38% | HABITS | 6 | Things that are kicked |
| 38% | LOVELIES | 8 | Things that are pleasing |