| 100% | ERASERS | 7 | Things that might make a cloud when clapped together |
| 46% | TIE | 3 | Thing that may be cause for a celebration when it's broken |
| 43% | KEYS | 4 | *Lock openers, and things that might land in a junk drawer when the locks are lost |
| 42% | ODORS | 5 | Things that might make one cry "Foul!"? |
| 41% | POPQUIZ | 7 | Surprise that might make a pupil shrink? |
| 41% | FLEA | 4 | Insect that might make a dog itch |
| 41% | SEND | 4 | Button that might make a "Whoosh!" sound |
| 41% | STAY | 4 | Word that might make a boxer freeze |
| 41% | LEMONDROP | 9 | Cocktail that may make a drinker pucker |
| 41% | IRON | 4 | Laundry implement that might make a 43-Down |
| 41% | PLAYDOH | 7 | Clay for kids that might make a mess? |
| 41% | TMI | 3 | Letters that might make a long story short? |
| 41% | TREAT | 5 | Word that may make a dog sit up |
| 40% | METER | 5 | Thing that might have a needle |
| 40% | OTTER | 5 | Animal that might make a waterslide to play on |
| 40% | LEASES | 6 | Things that may be broken when moving? |
| 40% | SYMPTOM | 7 | Thing that might indicate a certain sickness |
| 40% | TAXLIEN | 7 | Thing that may be on a house |
| 40% | UPARROW | 7 | Computer key that might make a video game character jump |
| 39% | LASHES | 6 | Things that might be batted at a ball |
| 39% | RIDES | 5 | Things that may give people a fair shake? |
| 39% | REDONION | 8 | Colorful vegetable that might make a prep cook cry: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SECRETRECIPES | 13 | Things that might be kept covered in a kitchen |
| 39% | NOISELAWS | 9 | Things that might get broken at a raucous party |
| 39% | PERISHABLES | 11 | Things that may take a turn for the worse |
| 39% | YMHA | 4 | Community center initialism that might make a good Weird Al Yankovic parody |
| 39% | BEET | 4 | Root vegetable that may make a purplish stain on a cutting board |
| 39% | ACS | 3 | Appliances that may make a vacation in a tropical city cooler: Abbr. |
| 39% | MATHEXAMS | 9 | Things that might have kids going off on a tangent? |
| 38% | BEEPS | 5 | Things that may help you get out of a jam? |