| 100% | BACKFORMATION | 13 | Word like "burgle" or "buttle" |
| 68% | PLURAL | 6 | Word like "people" or "persons" |
| 68% | UGH | 3 | Word like "Yuck!" or "Ick!" |
| 68% | VERB | 4 | Word like ''bring'' or ''be'' |
| 68% | PREPOSITION | 11 | Word like "in" or "on" |
| 68% | UGH | 3 | Word like "ick" or "yuck" |
| 68% | LOAN | 4 | Word like "cafe" or "bazaar" |
| 68% | VERB | 4 | Word like "buy" or "sell" |
| 68% | VERB | 4 | Word like "be" or "go" |
| 67% | CONJ | 4 | Word like "and" or "or": Abbr. |
| 67% | ADJ | 3 | Word like "happy" or "sappy": Abbr. |
| 66% | VERB | 4 | Word like "make" or "break," e.g. |
| 63% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "go," "do," or "be" |
| 63% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "read" or "write" |
| 63% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "run" or "fly" |
| 63% | KIND | 4 | Like some souls or words |
| 62% | CONJ | 4 | Grammatical word like "and" or "but": Abbr. |
| 62% | NOR | 3 | Negative word like neither or not |
| 61% | NOUN | 4 | Word in grammar like "word" or "grammar" |
| 61% | HOT | 3 | Like summer, or a word before "spring" |
| 61% | TYPESET | 7 | Like words in a magazine or newspaper |
| 57% | ADVERBS | 7 | Qualifying words, like gently or quickly |
| 55% | SWORD | 5 | * Weapon like Excalibur or word before 14a |
| 54% | REDEFINED | 9 | Like nine words in this puzzle, or what their first letters spell out |
| 54% | MINX | 4 | Flirtatious woman, or a word that sounds like some fur coats |
| 54% | ASKS | 4 | Starts a sentence with a word like "who" or "where" |
| 54% | ASKS | 4 | Starts a sentence with a word like "What" or "Why" |
| 53% | KAY | 3 | Mary ___ cosmetics... or word that sounds like the last letter of 25a |
| 53% | EYE | 3 | Gaze holder... or word that sounds like the third letter of 25a |
| 52% | CANDYCOATED | 11 | Like M&M's ... or four words to describe 17-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across? |