| 100% | RECANT | 6 | To repudiate an error in public |
| 51% | SIC | 3 | Latin three letters to mark an error in writing |
| 49% | UNEARNED | 8 | Scored due to an error, in baseball |
| 43% | ERASE | 5 | Undo an error, in a way |
| 42% | DOUBLEBOOK | 10 | Reserve twice in error, as an airline seat ... or a hint to the two-part answers to starred clues |
| 41% | UNEARNED | 8 | Like a run scored from an error, in baseball |
| 40% | TYPO | 4 | Sometimes embarrassing error in an email, for short |
| 40% | FREUDIAN | 8 | __ slip, error in speech thanks to the unconscious |
| 40% | CITYBUS | 7 | Public alternative to an Uber, perhaps |
| 40% | PERIL | 5 | An undesirable thing to be in |
| 40% | LIEU | 4 | In ___ of (as an alternative to) |
| 40% | SUMMONS | 7 | An order to appear in court |
| 40% | SQUALOR | 7 | An awful state to live in |
| 39% | COMEBACK | 8 | An entertainer's return to public performance |
| 39% | BEFORE | 6 | In advance of, prior to an event |
| 39% | PATHETIC | 8 | To be pitiful in an embarrassing way |
| 39% | ATECROW | 7 | Admitted to an embarrassing error |
| 39% | PDA | 3 | To cuddle in public: Abbr. |
| 39% | STET | 4 | Leave in, to an editor |
| 39% | UNDER | 5 | Reporting to, in an organization |
| 38% | WNET | 4 | Public broadcasting station that anagrams to an animal |
| 38% | SCHEME | 6 | To plan an elaborate action, usually in secret |
| 38% | UNDO | 4 | Computer command to correct an error |
| 38% | LUAU | 4 | Occasion to cook in an imu |
| 38% | HORSELIKE | 9 | Similar in appearance to an equine |
| 38% | WIDENET | 7 | Something to cast, in an idiom |
| 38% | RENT | 4 | Payment to live in an apartment |
| 38% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in an encyclopedia |
| 38% | OIL | 3 | Medium to fry an egg in |
| 38% | BIDON | 5 | Try to buy in an auction |