| 100% | FATALFLAW | 9 | Weakness that leads to a person's downfall |
| 58% | ACHILLES | 8 | A weakness leading to one's downfall: __ heel |
| 54% | SEVENYEARITCH | 13 | *Urge that leads to a wandering eye, it's said |
| 54% | TRAGIC | 6 | __ flaw, trait that leads to protagonist's downfall |
| 51% | DUEL | 4 | Contest that leads to a draw |
| 51% | BRIGHTIDEA | 10 | Notion that leads to a solution |
| 51% | SPEAK | 5 | Command that leads to a bark |
| 51% | COGITO | 6 | Beginning that leads to a sum? |
| 51% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score |
| 51% | GOFISH | 6 | Line that leads to a drawing? |
| 50% | RAMP | 4 | Access road that leads to a highway |
| 50% | HYPERLINK | 9 | Clickable text that leads to a website |
| 50% | IRE | 3 | Feeling that leads to a hulk-out |
| 50% | LINK | 4 | Clickable URL that leads to a website |
| 50% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a successful basket |
| 50% | TEATAX | 6 | Levy that led to a 1773 "party" |
| 50% | THETEAACT | 9 | Law that led to a 1773 revolt |
| 49% | ASSIST | 6 | Pass that leads to a score, in basketball |
| 49% | ASSIST | 6 | Hockey pass that leads to a successful goal |
| 49% | TEA | 3 | Tax that led to a party in Boston |
| 49% | TEAACT | 6 | Parliamentary law that led to a Boston "party" |
| 49% | HERRING | 7 | Red __, fishy detail that leads to a dead end |
| 49% | SMALLTHUMBNAIL | 14 | Clickable icon that leads to a full-size image |
| 48% | BPLUS | 5 | Grade that leads to a 3.3 G.P.A. |
| 48% | DEC | 3 | Month that leads to a brand new year, for short |
| 47% | ONESELF | 7 | A person, to that person |
| 46% | CITY | 4 | "Sex and the ___" (Candace Bushnell book that led to a hit HBO series) |
| 45% | OAHU | 4 | Hawaiian island that's home to about a million people |
| 45% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 45% | NOUN | 4 | Word that refers to a person, place, animal, thing |