| 100% | NEWNORMAL | 9 | What we have to get used to after a crisis: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEADFOOT | 8 | What a speed-happy driver is said to have: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BADTASTE | 8 | What a non-stylish person might have when it comes to clothes: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ADDTO | 5 | "...and to ___ all our misery, we had a flat tire" (make worse): 2 wds. |
| 41% | HIGHSIGN | 8 | Gesture used to signal a warning: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PIN | 3 | What you have to remember to use an A.T.M. |
| 41% | DAYSPA | 6 | Place to get a massage or a facial: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRIESOFF | 8 | Uses a towel after a shower: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LASERBEAM | 9 | Intense ray of light used to erase a tattoo: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GOODSTART | 9 | What a procrastinator may have trouble getting off to |
| 40% | TUNESUP | 7 | Gets ready to play a musical instrument: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ONTAP | 5 | "What have you got ___?" (beer drinker's question at a bar): 2 wds. |
| 40% | VISE | 4 | What you might use to get a grip on something |
| 40% | PLAYBALL | 8 | What an umpire shouts to begin a game: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GETUP | 5 | What boxers try to do after being knocked down: 2 wds. |
| 39% | AMAP | 4 | What you need to go on a treasure hunt: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PITABREAD | 9 | What meat is wrapped in to make a gyro: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ITSGONE | 7 | "We don't value what we have till ___": 2 wds. |
| 39% | WEBPAGE | 7 | What a URL leads to: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EVERAFTER | 9 | "Happily ___," words you would use to end a fairy tale?: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NANNYCAM | 8 | Video device used to monitor a childcare provider: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PINECONE | 8 | Spiky item used to decorate a Christmas wreath: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAKESDO | 7 | Gets by with what one has: 2 wds. |
| 39% | IMIN | 4 | Used to agree to a plan: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ATIP | 4 | What you give to a waiter: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BADLUCK | 7 | What a gambler wants to avoid: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FANMAIL | 7 | What a pop star gets in his post box: 2 wds |
| 38% | GINGERALE | 9 | Soda typically used to make a Shirley Temple mocktail: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NOSAY | 5 | Have ___ in the matter (be irrelevant to a decision): 2 wds. |