| 100% | SHORT | 5 | What word becomes shorter when two letters are added? |
| 80% | SHORT | 5 | "This five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it. What is it?" |
| 70% | SHORT | 5 | What word becomes shorter when you add letters to it? |
| 67% | BRAINTEASER | 11 | “What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?,” e.g. |
| 39% | YOU | 3 | Word pronounced the same when its first two letters are removed |
| 37% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 37% | ALCOA | 5 | Its first two letters are the chemical symbol for what it produces |
| 37% | CITED | 5 | Word that becomes its own synonym when RED is inserted between its first two letters |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game that becomes another game when its last two letters are switched |
| 35% | USINGFORCE | 10 | What may be resorted to when words fail |
| 35% | EVER | 4 | Word that becomes its own opposite when "n" is added to the front |
| 35% | HERE | 4 | Word that becomes its opposite when a "T" is added to the beginning |
| 34% | CAV | 3 | What LeBron James was before becoming a Laker, for short |
| 34% | CHARY | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" |
| 34% | SRI | 3 | Respectful title that becomes another title when its last two letters are switched |
| 34% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that's still a fruit when two of its letters are switched |
| 34% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | What a short-order cook makes when told to “flop two” |
| 34% | BOATSWAIN | 9 | Word that can be shortened to four letters and two apostrophes |
| 34% | GYMNASIUM | 9 | It's what the word "gym" is short for |
| 34% | NURSE | 5 | What Barbie becomes when she takes care of those who are ill |
| 33% | EVOLUTION | 9 | Word that becomes more dramatic when you add an "R" in front |
| 33% | TEEN | 4 | What Justin Bieber was when his first album came out, for short |
| 33% | EAR | 3 | Body part that, after an "H" is added, becomes what you can do with it |
| 33% | FORK | 4 | What the letters added to the four "stirred" words in this puzzle spell |
| 33% | SIC | 3 | Word that may be used often when reporting on what the President says |
| 33% | TIS | 3 | Old contraction that becomes its modern counterpart when the first two letters are switched |
| 32% | ARTPOP | 6 | Music genre that becomes a visual style when its words are swapped |
| 32% | BECHAMEL | 8 | Sauce that becomes Mornay when cheese is added |
| 32% | AYE | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 32% | QANDU | 5 | What can be added to 39 and 40 Across to form new words |