| 100% | PERM | 4 | Treatment that creates long-lasting curls |
| 76% | PERM | 4 | Salon service that creates long-lasting curls |
| 67% | PERM | 4 | Hair treatment that creates curls |
| 51% | PERMS | 5 | Salon treatments that create wavy hairdos |
| 50% | PERM | 4 | Hair-curling treatment that can last for months |
| 46% | PERM | 4 | Lasting treatment to curl hair |
| 45% | PERMANENTWAVE | 13 | Hair treatment that generally lasts three to six months |
| 44% | PERMS | 5 | Long-lasting curls |
| 43% | OAR | 3 | Long item that can create ripples in a lake |
| 43% | REPLYALL | 8 | Button that might create a long chain |
| 43% | PERM | 4 | Wavy hairstyle that lasts a long time |
| 43% | ICEAGES | 7 | Frozen episodes that last a long time |
| 42% | GIANT | 5 | Source of the fairy-tale sequence that creates four long puzzle puns |
| 42% | FAD | 3 | Trend that's unlikely to last very long |
| 42% | PERM | 4 | Long-lasting hair treatment |
| 42% | PERM | 4 | Long-lasting eyelash treatment |
| 42% | PERM | 4 | Long-lasting salon treatment |
| 41% | OTS | 3 | 10-minute NFL periods, if they last that long |
| 40% | ITWAS | 5 | "___ a long time ago that we last met...": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PERMS | 5 | Long-lasting curls in a salon, for short |
| 40% | FAD | 3 | Craze that doesn't last long |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | Word followed by a last name that’s no longer used |
| 39% | ENVY | 4 | "Our ___ always lasts longer than the happiness of those we ___": Heraclitus |
| 38% | ADDAMS | 6 | Cartoonist who created a creepy family that shares his own last name |
| 38% | ASDOI | 5 | "Before me there were no created things but those that last forever--___": Dante |
| 37% | CHRONIC | 7 | Long lasting, persistent |
| 37% | FISHLADDER | 10 | Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers |
| 36% | TONIGHTSHOW | 11 | Long lasting Carson fare |
| 36% | DURABLE | 7 | Long lasting, not fragile |
| 36% | FINAL | 5 | "___ Fantasy," one of the longest-running video game franchise that was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi |