| 100% | HAD | 3 | With 3-Down, showed leniency |
| 66% | TIC | 3 | With 3 Down, Certs alternative |
| 65% | SMILING | 7 | With 3-Down, Adult Swim show about a business that makes people happy |
| 63% | ALAN | 4 | With 3 Down, ''M*A*S*H'' star |
| 62% | OURBODIES | 9 | With 3 Down, groundbreaking book about health and sexuality |
| 61% | AMES | 4 | With 3 Down, where George Washington Carver went to college |
| 59% | HAT | 3 | With 36 Down, show of gratitude |
| 56% | SKI | 3 | With 3-Down, slopes |
| 56% | ASA | 3 | With 3-Down, collectively |
| 56% | HANDY | 5 | With 3-Down, useful |
| 56% | NARY | 4 | With 3-Down, zero |
| 56% | FOR | 3 | With 3-Down, "Seriously?!" |
| 56% | MAKES | 5 | With 3-Down, revels |
| 56% | SILLY | 5 | With 3-Down, goofball |
| 56% | MAKE | 4 | With 3-Down, imitate |
| 55% | DRY | 3 | With 3-Down, battery type |
| 55% | PANDA | 5 | With 3-Down, bamboo lover |
| 55% | WORDS | 5 | With 3-Down, popular puzzles |
| 55% | ICE | 3 | With 3-Down, Bud product |
| 55% | MOTOR | 5 | With 3-Down, incessant talker |
| 55% | APPLE | 5 | With 3-Down, Spotify competitor |
| 55% | INTHE | 5 | With 3-Down, not mistaken |
| 55% | CHASE | 5 | With 3-Down, pursue quickly |
| 55% | LOSE | 4 | With 3-Down, seriously worry |
| 55% | UPPER | 5 | With 3-Down, highest levels |
| 55% | CRIME | 5 | With 3-Down, perpetration location |
| 55% | NEW | 3 | With 3-Down, Western Hemisphere |
| 54% | SQUAD | 5 | With 58 Down, an old TV crime show |
| 54% | SARA | 4 | With 3-Down, a Chicago bakery |
| 54% | MIAMI | 5 | With 3-Down, a Florida collegian |