| 100% | SHOTTHEBOW | 10 | With 1 Across, warning at sea |
| 57% | RED | 3 | With 1-Across, warning signs |
| 52% | DIVERDOWN | 9 | Warning at sea |
| 52% | FOGHORNS | 8 | Warnings at sea |
| 49% | NASAL | 5 | With 1 Across, dosage delivery system |
| 49% | SWELLS | 6 | Storm warnings at sea |
| 49% | TORI | 4 | With 1 Across, "Bouncing Off Clouds" singer |
| 47% | ELAINE | 6 | With 1 Across, Baldwin's mom on ''30 Rock'' |
| 47% | HER | 3 | Personal pronoun often paired with 1 Across |
| 45% | HOVE | 4 | Stopped at sea, with "to" |
| 45% | HANDSAMERICA | 12 | With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain |
| 44% | AFTER | 5 | With 1-Down, at the end of the day |
| 43% | LOVEBOAT | 8 | Old “romance at sea” TV show, with “the” |
| 43% | POLICELINE | 10 | With 55 Across, crime scene warning |
| 42% | STEAL | 5 | With 1-Across, rob |
| 42% | AFTER | 5 | With 1-Across, subsequently |
| 42% | FOR | 3 | With 1-Across, briefly |
| 42% | CORED | 5 | With the 1 Across removed |
| 42% | SNO | 3 | With 1-Across, carnival cooler |
| 42% | SMART | 5 | With 1-Across, pseudo-wits |
| 42% | TOM | 3 | With 1-Across, "Delilah" singer |
| 42% | HITA | 4 | With 1-Across, have trouble |
| 42% | CHOO | 4 | With 1-Across, toy train |
| 42% | GAL | 3 | With 1-Across, female friend |
| 42% | SESAME | 6 | With 1-Across, bun topper |
| 42% | ASIDE | 5 | With 1-Across, except for |
| 41% | FIRST | 5 | With 1-Down, tradition for the married couple at a wedding reception |
| 41% | EARLY | 5 | With 1-Down, people who get up at the crack of dawn |
| 41% | WALKING | 7 | With 1-Across, no-no #1 |
| 41% | CANT | 4 | With 1-Across, is very important |