| 100% | TERTIARY | 8 | Third in degree or order |
| 59% | MEDIANT | 7 | In music, third degree of a major or minor scale |
| 50% | ANGLE | 5 | Figure that can be measured in degrees or radians |
| 47% | PHD | 3 | Third degree, in a scholastic sense |
| 46% | BAS | 3 | Degrees in hist. or social sci. |
| 46% | LATITUDE | 8 | Angular distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| 45% | EMBARGO | 7 | Order prohibiting ships in or out of ports |
| 44% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third or home in baseball |
| 44% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third, or home in baseball |
| 44% | ISOPOD | 6 | Order of crustaceans; can live on land or in water |
| 44% | HATEWATCH | 9 | View in order to mock or criticize, perhaps |
| 43% | CABINPRESSURE | 13 | "Follow orders in this plane area or else!" |
| 43% | SORT | 4 | Place in alphabetical or numerical order |
| 43% | RANKED | 6 | Classified, or placed in order as in a sport |
| 43% | BASE | 4 | First, second, or third, in a ballpark |
| 42% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo, or one of four in this puzzle |
| 42% | TACO | 4 | Tex-Mex order served in a crunchy or soft tortilla |
| 42% | TAKEATURNFORTHEBEER | 19 | Go left or right in order to get that brewski? |
| 42% | PRECEDE | 7 | Come before in place, order or rank |
| 41% | CUBIC | 5 | Third-degree, in math |
| 41% | MEDAL | 5 | Take first, second or third, in the Olympics |
| 40% | ESCROW | 6 | A bond or deed kept in the custody of a third party |
| 40% | HAMONRYE | 8 | Common deli order ... or a literal occurrence five times in this puzzle |
| 40% | WHEELOFFORTUNE | 14 | Should we roll this old piano away or put it in order? |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | Bar order that could be either in a bottle or on tap |
| 40% | ZOHZOOZ | 7 | *Specification in a burger order, maybe [270 degrees] |
| 39% | HOTCORNER | 9 | Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle |
| 38% | GAG | 3 | Kind of law or order |
| 38% | IONIC | 5 | Type of bond or order |
| 38% | TALL | 4 | Type of tale or order |