| 100% | SHYLY | 5 | With pause, perhaps |
| 66% | HESITANTLY | 10 | With pause |
| 61% | STAMMER | 7 | Speak with pauses |
| 58% | HESITATE | 8 | Pause with uncertainty |
| 58% | HESITANTLY | 10 | With some pausing |
| 57% | STOOP | 5 | Pause with old slouch |
| 56% | NERVOUSLY | 9 | With shaking hands, perhaps |
| 56% | ABETS | 5 | Conspires with, perhaps |
| 56% | TEASE | 5 | Flirt with, perhaps |
| 56% | TIREDOF | 7 | Done with, perhaps |
| 55% | ONONE | 5 | With 123-Across, pleading, perhaps |
| 55% | ALONE | 5 | With one’s thoughts, perhaps |
| 54% | HOT | 3 | With a long wait list, perhaps |
| 54% | NEW | 3 | With 114-Across, crystal collector, perhaps |
| 54% | PERFECT | 7 | With 11-Across, 10/10, perhaps |
| 53% | DEADENS | 7 | Numbs, perhaps with novocaine |
| 53% | TANGOS | 6 | Dances with long pauses |
| 52% | GOODLO | 6 | With 65-Across, doctor's advice, perhaps |
| 52% | PAYS | 4 | With 35-Down, joins the club, perhaps |
| 52% | TROPO | 5 | Prefix with sphere or pause |
| 52% | REB | 3 | Deal with a freeze, perhaps |
| 52% | FIESTA | 6 | Party with a piñata, perhaps |
| 52% | EELER | 5 | Person with a net, perhaps |
| 52% | ABET | 4 | Provide with a hideout, perhaps |
| 52% | OBITS | 5 | Notices with black borders, perhaps |
| 52% | RAZE | 4 | Flatten with a bulldozer, perhaps |
| 52% | OATER | 5 | Picture with a posse, perhaps |
| 52% | AXLE | 4 | Shaft with a linchpin, perhaps |
| 52% | LIMO | 4 | Car with a bar, perhaps |
| 52% | RETILE | 6 | Provide with new squares, perhaps |