| 100% | ASPER | 5 | Two words before "usual" for in the regular way |
| 54% | ALLCLEAR | 8 | Two words: danger has passed, nothing in the way |
| 46% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 45% | YEA | 3 | Word before "verily" in the Bible |
| 44% | RUNITSCOURSE | 12 | Progress in the usual way |
| 43% | ULT | 3 | In the month before the present, for short |
| 43% | CRAY | 4 | Word before "ola" coloring kit for the kids |
| 43% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after "yes," in the Army |
| 43% | SIR | 3 | Word before and after yes, in the military |
| 43% | MRS | 3 | Word before Doubtfire in the Robin Williams film |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 43% | LETIT | 5 | Words before "Be" and "Go" in two hit songs |
| 43% | EATME | 5 | Two words on the cake in Alice in Wonderland |
| 43% | HALPH/F | 7 | Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery |
| 42% | UNDERGOD | 8 | Two words added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 |
| 42% | HITME | 5 | Words before the title line in ". . . Baby One More Time" |
| 42% | YOUNG | 5 | Word before "Sheldon" and "Rock" in the names of sitcoms |
| 42% | STAR | 4 | * Twinkler in the sky or word before 14a |
| 42% | YAM | 3 | Vegetable found in the Swahili word for "meat" |
| 42% | ASANAS | 6 | The word for "postures" in yoga |
| 41% | WEPT | 4 | Second of two words in the shortest Bible verse |
| 41% | NANETTE | 7 | Title character singing in the "Tea for Two" duet |
| 41% | USAGE | 5 | The way words are employed in sentences |
| 41% | URSA | 4 | Word for "bear" in two constellation names |
| 41% | GRAZIE | 6 | The word for "thank you" in Italian |
| 41% | OATHS | 5 | Swear words, in two ways |
| 41% | AMOST | 5 | Words before “Violent Year” and “Wanted Man” in two 2014 film titles |
| 41% | AHORSE | 6 | First two words sung in the "Mister Ed" theme song |
| 41% | PLAYS | 5 | “A Raisin in the Sun” and “The Seagull,” for two |
| 41% | DAISYBELL | 9 | Lady courted in the song A Bicycle Built for Two |