| 100% | BAIT | 4 | What's put on a hook to attract fish |
| 80% | BAIT | 4 | Stuff put on a hook to attract fish |
| 53% | BAIT | 4 | Food on a hook that attracts fish |
| 51% | BAIT | 4 | Food placed on a hook to trap fish |
| 48% | SHOW | 4 | What's put on in a theater |
| 47% | HANG | 4 | Put on a hook |
| 46% | EMOJI | 5 | What people use to put on a happy face? |
| 46% | BAITED | 6 | Put a worm on a fishing hook |
| 45% | LICK | 4 | What people often do to a stamp before putting it on an envelope |
| 44% | EMOJI | 5 | What you might use to put on a happy face? |
| 44% | BAIT | 4 | What a fisherman uses to attract a fish |
| 44% | LURE | 4 | Fly on a hook, to bass |
| 43% | SUNRIPEN | 8 | Put on a windowsill to mature, say |
| 43% | BACKSPIN | 8 | What slice puts on a tennis ball |
| 43% | RATED | 5 | Put on a scale of 1 to 10 |
| 42% | ANTLERS | 7 | What The Grinch put on his dog to disguise him as a reindeer |
| 42% | RATE | 4 | Put on a scale from 1 to 10, say |
| 42% | RATE | 4 | Put on a scale from one to 10, say |
| 42% | BAIT | 4 | Worm on a hook, for a fish |
| 42% | BAIT | 4 | What goes on a fisherman's hook |
| 42% | SMALL | 5 | What S means, on a clothing tag |
| 42% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 41% | BAIT | 4 | What tempts a fish to bite a hook |
| 41% | HANG | 4 | Put up on a hook |
| 41% | LURE | 4 | Bait on a fishing hook |
| 40% | BAIT | 4 | Something that attracts a fish to a hook |
| 40% | PLACEBET | 8 | Money put on a horse to finish second |
| 40% | WORM | 4 | Wriggling bait on a fish hook |
| 40% | BAIT | 4 | Worm on a fishing hook, say |
| 40% | WHYYOULITTLE | 12 | What a solver might growl after catching on to this puzzle's theme? |