| 100% | LIST | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a record of banned items |
| 63% | PEN | 3 | Word that follows "fountain" to mean a desk item |
| 61% | HOLE | 4 | Word that follows "black" to mean a space phenomenon |
| 58% | BERRY | 5 | Word that follows "black" to mean a small, dark fruit often used to make jam |
| 55% | AGENT | 5 | Word that follows "secret" to mean a spy |
| 53% | BOARD | 5 | Word that follows "surf" to mean a platform used to ride a wave |
| 50% | MARKET | 6 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a shadow economy |
| 50% | BOOK | 4 | Word that follows "Play" to mean Barney's collection of pickup ideas in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 49% | DRESS | 5 | Word that follows "black" to refer to a wardrobe staple often associated with elegance |
| 48% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 48% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 47% | ELEMENTAL | 9 | A word that means simple and basic, or pertaining to forces of nature |
| 47% | PLAY | 4 | Word that follows "horse" to means roughhousing |
| 46% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 44% | TAPE | 4 | Word after "mix" to mean a handmade playlist of music on a cassette or CD that has been "lost" to time |
| 44% | KEEPER | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refers to a stable caretaker |
| 44% | ERG | 3 | Unit of work that becomes a word meaning "thus" if you add an O to the end |
| 44% | RADISH | 6 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to a zesty root vegetable |
| 44% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 43% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 43% | BETWEEN | 7 | Word that often follows "Think of a number..." |
| 43% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 43% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 43% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 43% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 42% | WIND | 4 | Word before "chimes" to mean a decorative item |
| 42% | ARD | 3 | Suffix for "drunk" to mean a person that drinks a lot of alcohol |
| 41% | SHOE | 4 | Word that follows "horse" to refer to a U-shaped iron band that fits a hoof |
| 41% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 41% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues |