| 100% | PROCESS | 7 | Word following due, Bessemer, and xiphoid |
| 45% | NOEVIL | 6 | Words following see, hear and speak |
| 44% | EVIL | 4 | Word following "Hear no," "see no," and "speak no" |
| 42% | SKIRT | 5 | Word that can follow poodle and pencil |
| 41% | SCOPE | 5 | Word that follows the prefixes "tele" and "peri" |
| 40% | HIT | 3 | Word that’s synonymous with, and can follow, smash |
| 40% | SLAM | 4 | Word that follows "grand" in baseball and tennis circles |
| 40% | PROOF | 5 | Word that follows "weather" and "water" |
| 40% | SKI | 3 | Word that follows "water" and "Jet" |
| 40% | BEE | 3 | Word that follows "bumble" and "honey" |
| 40% | AMIBLUE | 7 | 1929 title words following "Now he's gone, and we're through" |
| 39% | POD | 3 | Word that follows "pea" and precedes "cast" |
| 39% | SCAPE | 5 | Word that can follow sea and man to make new words |
| 38% | DEVIATION | 9 | Word that follows "standard" and means something nonstandard |
| 38% | AID | 3 | Word that often follows "first" and "hearing" |
| 38% | ALE | 3 | Word that can follow "ginger" and "amber" |
| 38% | TIDE | 4 | Word that can follow "ebb" and "neap" |
| 38% | BEE | 3 | Word that can follow "bumble" and "honey" |
| 38% | BEES | 4 | Word that can follow "honey" and "bumble" |
| 38% | ITIS | 4 | Words that can precede and follow "what" |
| 38% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows the start of 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
| 38% | MILE | 4 | Word that follows "Green" and "8" in film titles |
| 38% | MART | 4 | Word that follows "Wal" and "K" in retailer names |
| 38% | MATE | 4 | Word that follows "Paper" and "Eraser" in brand names |
| 37% | KNOTS | 5 | Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 37% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 37% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 37% | LUCK | 4 | Word that can follow the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 52-Across |
| 37% | MAN | 3 | Word that can follow each half of 17-, 27-, 45- and 62-Across |
| 37% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |