| 100% | RUG | 3 | What you would find on the floor of your living room |
| 43% | HORNS | 5 | What you would find on a Bull's head: Plural |
| 42% | SIGN | 4 | What you would do on the dotted line |
| 40% | ISOLATEDSPRINKLES | 17 | What you might find on the counter after making ice cream sundaes? |
| 40% | LIFELINE | 8 | Its found on the palm of your hand |
| 39% | ERR | 3 | What you might do on the side of caution |
| 39% | TOERING | 7 | A metal hoop you would wear on one of the digits of your feet. |
| 39% | HAIR | 4 | What you find on your head |
| 39% | REEDIT | 6 | What you might have to do when you find your earth-shattering column on dandelions is 372 words too long for the space allowed |
| 38% | MIDWIFECRISIS | 13 | What you have when your aide faints in the delivery room? |
| 38% | ADS | 3 | What're found on the sides of many buses |
| 37% | AGE | 3 | What you would do to improve the taste and flavor of wine over time |
| 36% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 36% | APPLEPEELS | 10 | What may end up on the cutting room floor |
| 35% | BEE | 3 | What you would find in a hive |
| 35% | BIRDS | 5 | On the fourth day of Christmas, your true love may send you these four calling "avians" |
| 35% | RINGS | 5 | On the fifth day of Christmas, your true love may send you these five "engagement pieces" |
| 35% | SELECTIONS | 10 | What you're faced with making when looking at the list of names on November 3 |
| 35% | THRILLER | 8 | Film that keeps you on the edge of your seat |
| 34% | BUFFERINSUCCOTASH | 17 | What would you cry if you found some pills in your mixed vegetables? |
| 34% | INFO | 4 | What you would find in a FAQ, for short |
| 34% | TURTLE | 6 | On the second day of Christmas, your true love may send you these two doves that may "snap" |
| 34% | FRENCH | 6 | On the third day of Christmas, your true love may send you these three hens from Paris, perhaps |
| 34% | SCAR | 4 | Iconic mark on the forehead that would be a part of your "Harry Potter" Halloween costume |
| 34% | HAIR | 4 | Stuff on the floor of a barbershop |
| 34% | EJECT | 5 | The button you would push on your DVD player to get the DVD out |
| 34% | TATAMI | 6 | Your Japanese room is often measured by the number of these that will fit |
| 34% | TRAIL | 5 | Type of mix that will keep you going on your orientation course |
| 34% | GEESE | 5 | On the sixth day of Christmas, your true love may send you these six "V-shaped fliers"-a laying |
| 34% | PEAR | 4 | On the first day of Christmas, your true love may send you a partridge in this "poached fruit" tree |