| 100% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, as a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 85% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 85% | NIPSAT | 6 | Tries to bite, like a puppy: 2 wds. |
| 65% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, puppy-style (2 wds.) |
| 62% | SLAPAT | 6 | Try to hit, as a mosquito (2 wds.) |
| 62% | REINSIN | 7 | Tries to control, as a runaway horse (2 wds.) |
| 61% | APPLYFOR | 8 | Try to get, as a grant or a job (2 wds.) |
| 58% | PAWAT | 5 | Handle roughly, as a puppy might: 2 wds. |
| 54% | USEON | 5 | Apply to, as a balm: 2 wds. |
| 54% | AWAG | 4 | A puppy's tail moving to and fro, once: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ONCALL | 6 | Available to work, as a doctor: 2 wds. |
| 52% | NIPAT | 5 | Bite as a puppy might |
| 52% | BEPROUD | 7 | "To ___ as a peacock": 2 wds. |
| 50% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | 2018 Marvel movie with Martin Freeman as a CIA agent taken to Wakanda: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ENCINOMAN | 9 | 1992 comedy starring Brendan Fraser as a frozen caveperson come back to life: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THEFAVOURITE | 12 | 2018 dark comedy starring Emma Stone as a beloved servant to Queen Anne: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LETON | 5 | Allow to board, as a crowded subway: 2 wds. |
| 50% | YAPSAT | 6 | Tries to be a good watchdog, say (2 wds.) |
| 50% | NIPAT | 5 | Try to bite, puppy-style |
| 50% | NIPSAT | 6 | Tries to bite, puppy-style |
| 50% | BLACKSAILS | 10 | American historical fiction series set as a prequel to Robert Stevenson's "Treasure Island": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ATBAT | 5 | Ready to try to hit a home run: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SHALLOWHAL | 10 | 2001 comedy starring Jack Black as a man hypnotized to see people's inner beauty: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SETAT | 5 | Adjusted to, as a thermostat (2 wds.) |
| 49% | NIPAT | 5 | Bite, as a puppy might |
| 49% | NIPS | 4 | Bites, as a puppy would |
| 48% | BETWEENTHE | 10 | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| 48% | INTENTON | 8 | Determined to reach, as a goal (2 wds.) |
| 48% | INDRIVE | 7 | Ready to roll, as a car (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SNARLAT | 7 | Try to intimidate as a dog might |