| 100% | INGEWORTHY | 10 | What a theater hopes its "Bus Stop" revival will be? |
| 53% | TAMPAPROOF | 10 | What a team hopes its front line is against the Buccaneers? |
| 43% | VISIT | 5 | What a webmaster hopes people will do |
| 43% | SEEN | 4 | What a burglar hopes not to be |
| 43% | BITE | 4 | What a fisherman hopes the fish will do |
| 42% | OPERABOXES | 10 | What a theater's grand tier is divided into |
| 41% | SCENERY | 7 | It might be chewed in a theater |
| 40% | ARIA | 4 | What might be a strain in a theater? |
| 40% | CRY | 3 | What a baby does when it is upset |
| 40% | PURRS | 5 | What a cat does when it is satisfied |
| 40% | BROMO | 5 | Oh, what a relief it is! |
| 40% | BOO | 3 | What it would be a mistake to write twice? |
| 39% | ROAR | 4 | What a lion would do when it loses its patience |
| 39% | EMAIL | 5 | What a "swoooosh" sound may signal is on its way |
| 39% | MANE | 4 | What a lion would use shampoo on if it could? |
| 39% | EBBING | 6 | What a tide is doing when it's not flowing |
| 39% | BATTERINGRAMEAU | 15 | What a hailstorm is doing when composer Jean-Philippe is caught in it? |
| 39% | LIT | 3 | What a candle needs to be before it can shed light |
| 39% | STUB | 4 | What's left of a ticket after it's been used |
| 39% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' is its opening number |
| 39% | POM | 3 | If repeated twice, it is what a cheerleader holds |
| 39% | SEAT | 4 | It may be reserved on a bus |
| 39% | SEAT | 4 | It may be saved on a bus |
| 39% | SIN | 3 | What it is "to tell a lie" |
| 38% | PIN | 3 | What a brooch would have that lets you attach it to a garment |
| 38% | ALIBI | 5 | "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g. |
| 37% | AGO | 3 | What it might be at a launch, weather permitting |
| 37% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 37% | AJAR | 4 | What a door is when it's not a door, in an old joke |
| 37% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |