| 100% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 46% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 39% | UTOPIA | 6 | Term for an imaginary and perfect society, first coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 33% | NERD | 4 | Word coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo" that's now used to refer to stereotypically studious sorts |
| 32% | UTOPIA | 6 | Imaginary and perfect society, first coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 30% | NOEL | 4 | (2/3) Pere ___ is the name he goes by in France, which is also a word for a carol |
| 30% | CADRE | 5 | Word for a small military group that's also an anagram of raced |
| 29% | RHYTHM | 6 | ___ and Blues, also the word for a beat that a drummer keeps |
| 29% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 29% | FILM | 4 | Another word for "movie," and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "pilm" |
| 29% | TATER | 5 | Slangy word for the vegetable that's also called a "spud" |
| 28% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 28% | MONTH | 5 | One of the twelve divisions in a year, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "oneth" |
| 28% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 28% | JAVA | 4 | Slang word for "coffee" that's also the name of an Indonesian island |
| 28% | UNTO | 4 | Preposition that’s one of the most used words in the Book of Mormon |
| 28% | AND | 3 | The word that an ampersand stands in for |
| 28% | ORIENTEXPRESS | 13 | Train that's the setting for murder in a 2017 remake directed by Kenneth Branagh (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CASTLE | 6 | The ___ of Otranto, a looming fortress that sets the stage for supernatural events in Horace Walpole's eponymous Gothic tale |
| 27% | INVISIBLE | 9 | "___ Man," 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 26% | SOLARIS | 7 | Planet from the eponymous book that is depicted as covered by a single massive ocean |
| 26% | NONU | 4 | Phrase coined by UK linguist Alan Ross in '54 that means only apt for the hoi polloi and decidedly inapt for one's "superiors" |
| 26% | SALTY | 5 | Making a comeback is this "sodium-rich" slangy term for an annoyed person that originated in the late 1930's |
| 26% | RAPGOD | 6 | Eminem song which holds the world record for most words in a hit single with an average of 4.28 words per second: 2 wds. |
| 26% | STAT | 4 | A number in sports, or a word used by doctors that means "right now!" |
| 26% | SHIPSHAPE | 9 | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| 26% | PICNICHAM | 9 | *Baked pork cut that sounds perfect for a blanket in the park |
| 26% | AKELA | 5 | Common name for a Cub Scout leader originated by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" from a Hindi word meaning "alone" |
| 26% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 26% | SPADE | 5 | One of the suits in a deck of cards, also word for shovel |