| 100% | AUTONYM | 7 | Word a group uses to refer it itself |
| 52% | SHE | 3 | Word used to refer to a female |
| 51% | AUTONYM | 7 | A word or name by which a group refers to itself |
| 48% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 45% | SHE | 3 | Used to refer to a lady |
| 45% | LAH | 3 | Used to refer a boring thing: b___ |
| 43% | LAH | 3 | Expression used to refer a boring thing: b___ |
| 42% | CHICKEN | 7 | Type of bird used to refer to a coward |
| 42% | BEAR | 4 | Mama ___, phrase used to refer to a protective mother |
| 42% | COUCH | 5 | ___ potato, phrase used to refer to a lazy person |
| 42% | HEAD | 4 | Potato-___, phrase used to refer to a thoughtless person |
| 42% | HYPHEN | 6 | A dash used to join or divide words |
| 42% | BUST | 4 | Word used with 6d to refer to a selected player who does not meet expectations |
| 41% | ALCOHOL | 7 | Word that refers to a liquid used in cocktails, which originated from Latin |
| 41% | HOT | 3 | ___ potato, phrase used to refer to a complicated or problematic situation |
| 41% | SWEETENER | 9 | Word used to refer to an alternative to sugar |
| 41% | ERE | 3 | Word used to refer to time in old english |
| 41% | INFANT | 6 | Word used to refer to young baboon or monkey |
| 41% | COMPASS | 7 | A tool used to find direction, it points north |
| 41% | BUSY | 4 | Word with 11a, which may be used to refer to someone with a packed schedule |
| 41% | MOUSE | 5 | ___ potato, phrase used to refer to someone glued to a computer screen |
| 41% | FOX | 3 | *Silver ___, informal phrase used to refer to a handsome, grey-haired man |
| 41% | AYE | 3 | Word a first mate uses to agree with the captain |
| 40% | SHELL | 5 | What a nautilus uses to control its buoyancy |
| 40% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | Word used to describe a noun |
| 40% | SIRE | 4 | Word used to address a king |
| 40% | NATURE | 6 | Mother ___, phrase used to refer to a force that controls all living things |
| 40% | BLEEP | 5 | Sound used to censor a bad word on television |
| 40% | FIN | 3 | What a fish uses to steer itself |
| 40% | HELLO | 5 | Word to use when answering a telephone |