| 100% | INASEC | 6 | Very, very soon, for short: 3 wds. |
| 57% | UOFA | 4 | Tucson college, for short (3 wds.) |
| 55% | RANDB | 5 | Genre for Alicia Keys, for short (3 wds.) |
| 54% | RANDB | 5 | Genre of music that is short for "rhythm and blues": 3 wds. |
| 51% | RLY | 3 | Very, for short |
| 49% | JOHNHENRYDAYS | 13 | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| 49% | BFFS | 4 | Very close ones, for short |
| 49% | NSEC | 4 | Very brief moment, for short |
| 49% | LIMO | 4 | Very long car, for short |
| 49% | SSTS | 4 | Very fast jets, for short |
| 49% | BFF | 3 | Very close pal, for short |
| 49% | BFFS | 4 | Very close buddies, for short |
| 49% | BFFS | 4 | Very close pals, for short |
| 49% | STRETCHLIMO | 11 | Very long car, for short |
| 48% | ONELB | 5 | Sixteen ounces, for short (2 wds.) |
| 48% | IDTAG | 5 | Suitcase label, for short (2 wds.) |
| 48% | IDTAG | 5 | Luggage attachment, for short (2 wds.) |
| 48% | TVADS | 5 | Sitcom interrupters, for short (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ITPROS | 6 | Computer experts, for short (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ONTHEGO | 7 | Very busy: 3 wds. |
| 48% | NOTALOT | 7 | Very few: 3 wds. |
| 48% | FORASONG | 8 | Very cheaply: 3 wds. |
| 48% | PLEASEDASPUNCH | 14 | Very glad: 3 wds. |
| 47% | SPYCAM | 6 | Video surveillance device, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ADREP | 5 | "Mad Men" figure, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PANAM | 5 | Airline until 1991, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NETWT | 5 | Food packaging measure, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | IBMPC | 5 | Early desktop computer, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PDFFILE | 7 | Common email attachment, for short (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NYPOST | 6 | Big Apple paper, for short (2 wds.) |