| 100% | CONJ | 4 | Word like "and" or "or": Abbr. |
| 94% | CONJ | 4 | Grammatical word like "and" or "but": Abbr. |
| 85% | ADJ | 3 | Word like "happy" or "sappy": Abbr. |
| 81% | INTS | 4 | Words like "ugh!" and "eek!": Abbr. |
| 66% | PLURAL | 6 | Word like "people" or "persons" |
| 66% | BACKFORMATION | 13 | Word like "burgle" or "buttle" |
| 66% | PREPOSITION | 11 | Word like "in" or "on" |
| 66% | UGH | 3 | Word like "ick" or "yuck" |
| 66% | LOAN | 4 | Word like "cafe" or "bazaar" |
| 66% | VERB | 4 | Word like "buy" or "sell" |
| 66% | VERB | 4 | Word like "be" or "go" |
| 65% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's ... or four words to describe 17-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across? |
| 64% | ALIVE | 5 | Word before and well or and kicking |
| 64% | VERB | 4 | Word like "make" or "break," e.g. |
| 64% | UGH | 3 | Word like "Yuck!" or "Ick!" |
| 64% | VERB | 4 | Word like ''bring'' or ''be'' |
| 64% | OTC | 3 | Like Advil or Aleve: Abbr. |
| 64% | VAR | 3 | Like "tabu" or "iglu": Abbr. |
| 64% | ENG | 3 | Like Bacon or Lamb: Abbr. |
| 64% | MASC | 4 | Like "el" or "le": Abbr. |
| 64% | PCS | 3 | Like desktops or laptops: Abbr. |
| 64% | DEM | 3 | Like Obama or Clinton: Abbr. |
| 63% | NOR | 3 | Negative word like neither or not |
| 63% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "read" or "write" |
| 63% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "run" or "fly" |
| 61% | KIND | 4 | Like some souls or words |
| 61% | NOUNS | 5 | Words like tigers and bears |
| 61% | ADVERBS | 7 | Words like ''possibly'' and ''truly'' |
| 61% | CONJ | 4 | If, and or but: Abbr. |
| 60% | ADFREE | 6 | Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? |