| 100% | MUD | 3 | What bad coffee is often compared to |
| 82% | MUD | 3 | What bad coffee is sometimes compared to |
| 52% | EYES | 4 | Organ that is often compared to a camera |
| 49% | THAN | 4 | What "from" is often amended to |
| 46% | OPPOSITE | 8 | What good is, to bad |
| 45% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Canadian singer and teen sensation whose journey is often compared to Paul Anka's (birthday today): 2 wds. |
| 45% | BURNER | 6 | What might be used to make bad calls? |
| 42% | TWOLEFTFEET | 11 | What a bad dancer is said to have |
| 41% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 40% | ARM | 3 | What cyclists are supposed to use, but often don't, when they hang a left |
| 39% | SERENA | 6 | Star often compared to Venus |
| 39% | SLY | 3 | What Wile E. Coyote tries, and often fails, to be |
| 39% | AWE | 3 | What visitors to Niagara Falls are often in |
| 39% | EASY | 4 | Difficulty level often compared to pie |
| 39% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument often compared to a duck |
| 39% | ICED | 4 | How summertime coffee is often served |
| 38% | ICIER | 5 | What the Pleistocene Epoch was compared to the Holocene |
| 38% | CARNAVAL | 8 | Brazilian festival often compared to Mardi Gras |
| 38% | HELIX | 5 | Shape often compared to a spiral staircase |
| 38% | ADS | 3 | What streaming shows often lack, compared to network shows |
| 38% | LOG | 3 | What a sound sleeper might be compared to |
| 38% | STY | 3 | What a messy bedroom might be compared to |
| 38% | BLINGEMPIRE | 11 | Reality show often compared to "Crazy Rich Asians" |
| 38% | SCAR | 4 | Disney villain often compared to Shakespeare’s Claudius |
| 37% | CREAM | 5 | With 20a, ingredient that is often added to coffee to lighten it |
| 37% | CLOG | 4 | What a drain often falls victim to |
| 37% | STEM | 4 | What an inflectional ending is added to |
| 37% | LASTPENNY | 9 | What a broke person is down to |
| 37% | PHONE | 5 | What many a millennial is glued to |
| 37% | MOP | 3 | What a certain hairdo is likened to |