| 100% | STEWED | 6 | Was troubled by dew and set off |
| 42% | METIME | 6 | Period set aside to relax and be by yourself |
| 41% | MINDING | 7 | Being troubled by baby-sitting |
| 41% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose works were set to music by Schumann, Strauss and Brahms |
| 40% | ALARMBELL | 9 | It may be set off by impending danger |
| 39% | SANFORD | 7 | "___ and Son," NBC TV series co-created by Bud Yorkin which is set in California |
| 39% | TENSED | 6 | Tightened end and set off |
| 39% | TESTS | 5 | Examines time and sets off |
| 39% | BOOK | 4 | "The Ring and the ___," narrative poem written by Robert Browning that is set in Rome |
| 39% | EMBARKED | 8 | Set off by ship |
| 38% | LANE | 4 | Something that may be set off by dotted lines |
| 38% | MAN | 3 | "The Old ___ and the Sea," 1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway that is set on an island |
| 37% | WATCHMEN | 8 | Comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and is set in an alternate reality in the '80s |
| 37% | EARTHS | 6 | "Crisis on Infinite ___," comic book maxiseries published by DC Comics and which is set in a shared universe |
| 37% | EMBARKING | 9 | Setting off on a voyage by boat |
| 37% | TRIO | 4 | Riot set off by group |
| 36% | ASP | 3 | “Egypt was troubled by the horrible ___” (R.E.M. lyric) |
| 36% | LASTED | 6 | Boy had set off and survived |
| 36% | BRISTLESAT | 10 | Is put off by |
| 36% | FIREALARM | 9 | Warning signal that may be set off by smoke: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 35% | CLIPPINGS | 9 | Branches and stems that are cut off |
| 35% | NEVERWHERE | 10 | Television series which is set in a magical realm called "London Below" and was later adapted into a novel by 45a |
| 35% | KNEW | 4 | "I ___ You Were Trouble," song by Taylor Swift |
| 34% | NONE | 4 | "And Then There Were ___," 1939 novel by Agatha Christie that is set on an island |
| 34% | URUGUAY | 7 | __ is bordered by Brazil and Argentina |
| 34% | PEEL | 4 | "The Guernsey Literary and Potato ___ Pie Society," 2018 historical novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows that is set on an island |
| 33% | FIREALARM | 9 | Warning signal possibly set off by something burning: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DATA | 4 | Set of numbers that are mined and analyzed |
| 33% | ALARM | 5 | Smoke will usually set one off |