| 100% | BOND | 4 | Tight connection, as between mother and baby |
| 36% | HITCH | 5 | Connection between a pickup truck and trailer |
| 36% | NEE | 3 | Connection between Obama and Robinson? |
| 36% | NOR | 3 | Connection between hide and hair |
| 36% | VIRGO | 5 | Baby born between August 23rd and September 22nd |
| 36% | PTA | 3 | Connection between home and school (abbr.) |
| 36% | SEVER | 5 | Cut and separate, as a connection |
| 35% | PARENTING | 9 | Acting as mother and father |
| 34% | SOO | 3 | ___ Locks, connection between Lake Superior and Lake Huron |
| 34% | GENX | 4 | Group between baby boomers and millennials: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RIVALRY | 7 | Sports feud, as between Stanford and California |
| 34% | ROUTER | 6 | Device between PC and internet connection |
| 34% | SYNC | 4 | Coordinate, as data between an iPhone and an iPad |
| 33% | XER | 3 | Gen ___ (member of the cohort between baby boomers and millennials) |
| 33% | TWOSTAR | 7 | Somewhere between excellent and poor, as a restaurant |
| 32% | PENGUINPEBBLING | 15 | Small exchange between two people to show caring and build connection |
| 32% | PAVO | 4 | Constellation between Octans and Telescopium known as the peacock |
| 32% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | Author of such novels as "Skin Tight" and "Stormy Weather": 2 wds. |
| 32% | STRIKEZONE | 10 | Something the ump sees as roughly between the chest and the knees |
| 31% | STEWIE | 6 | Animated-sitcom baby who both kills and is killed by his own mother |
| 31% | BOND | 4 | Tight connection |
| 31% | DUVALIER | 8 | Haitian dictators known as Papa Doc and Baby Doc |
| 30% | SMALL | 5 | Opposite of "big,"...also the connection between 24a, 34a, 45a, 62a, 4d and 44d |
| 30% | SHES | 4 | Mother and daughter |
| 30% | TITLES | 6 | Mother and Father |
| 30% | SHES | 4 | Mothers and daughters |
| 30% | PARENTS | 7 | Mothers and fathers |
| 30% | MONEY | 5 | Medium of exchange, and the connection between 25a, 37a, 44a, 49a, 4d, 32d and 42d |
| 30% | ANCIENTALIENS | 13 | History Channel series that investigates possible connections between extraterrestrial beings and human history (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THREE | 5 | '... and baby makes ___' |