| 100% | SOILTEST | 8 | Way to tell which nutrients are in the garden |
| 47% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 46% | DRESSED | 7 | In the morning, kids are told to go get __ |
| 43% | PHRASING | 8 | The way in which an idea is expressed in words |
| 42% | THRESHOLD | 9 | Way in to a home, over which brides may be carried |
| 42% | HOED | 4 | Tended to the garden, in a way |
| 42% | SMITTEN | 7 | On the way to being in love |
| 42% | AGRA | 4 | City in India which is home to the Taj Mahal |
| 42% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to score 500 points |
| 42% | VILLAINERA | 10 | Phase in which one subverts the expectation to be nice |
| 41% | BEE | 3 | Contest in which the rules must be followed to the letter? |
| 41% | ORR | 3 | His jersey was raised to the Boston Garden rafters in 1979 |
| 41% | DARTS | 5 | Game in which the object is to end with zero points |
| 41% | INNOVATE | 8 | To introduce changes in the way something is done |
| 41% | STYLING | 7 | The way in which something is designed |
| 41% | AFRO | 4 | Hairstyle in which natural ringlets are brushed out to surround the head |
| 41% | AKRON | 5 | City in Ohio which is home to Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens |
| 41% | ORR | 3 | His #4 jersey was raised to the Boston Garden rafters in 1979 |
| 41% | NOD | 3 | Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel |
| 40% | EDEN | 4 | Garden of —, Old Testament location in which Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation |
| 40% | NOH | 3 | Theatre form in which the audience is assumed to already know the plot |
| 40% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 40% | USAGE | 5 | The way in which words are spoken or written |
| 40% | LILACS | 6 | "When ___ Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," poem by Walt Whitman which is an elegy to Abraham Lincoln |
| 40% | OWE | 3 | Be in the hole, so to speak |
| 40% | IONE | 4 | Girl's name in which the last three letters are equivalent to the first? |
| 40% | RUBIKSCUBE | 10 | Very popular item that has 40,320 ways in which to arrange the corners |
| 39% | BURNT | 5 | The 2015 film in which Bradley Cooper is on a mission to earn his former culinary glory |
| 39% | UNO | 3 | Game in which the object is to be the first player to score 500 points |
| 39% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Superhero film "Thor: ___," which is a sequel to the "Thor" films, and released in 2017 |