| 100% | MILE | 4 | Word that follows "Green" and "8" in film titles |
| 77% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows “Rain,” “Iron,” and “I Love You,” in film titles |
| 69% | OPS | 3 | Word that follows "Black" and "Spec" in video game titles |
| 66% | GIGOLO | 6 | Word that follows “American,” “Deuce Bigalow: Male,” and “Deuce Bigalow: European,” in movie titles |
| 58% | MART | 4 | Word that follows "Wal" and "K" in retailer names |
| 58% | MATE | 4 | Word that follows "Paper" and "Eraser" in brand names |
| 58% | MELON | 5 | Word that follows "water" and "musk" in types of fruit |
| 58% | SLAM | 4 | Word that follows "grand" in baseball and tennis circles |
| 57% | SOX | 3 | Word that follows "White" and "Red" in two baseball team names |
| 57% | TECH | 4 | Word that follows Cal, Georgia, and Texas in university names |
| 57% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 57% | MAGIC | 5 | Word that follows "black" and refers to dark wizardry in folklores |
| 55% | EACH | 4 | Word that follows "from" and "to" in a well known 1875 Karl Marx slogan |
| 55% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 film title |
| 54% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 comedy film title |
| 53% | WII | 3 | Word that can precede "Chess," "Fit," and "Sports" in video game titles |
| 52% | WURST | 5 | Word that can follow "brat" and "liver" in meat names |
| 51% | PANTHER | 7 | Animal that follows "Black" or "Pink" in film titles |
| 51% | AMERICAN | 8 | Word before "Beauty" and "Pie" in film titles |
| 51% | MEAN | 4 | Word before "Streets" and "Girls" in film titles |
| 50% | RUN | 3 | Word after "Midnight" and "Chicken," in film titles |
| 50% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 49% | ISH | 3 | Suffix that follows "Black," "Grown," and "Mixed" in sitcom titles |
| 49% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 49% | PROOF | 5 | Word that follows "weather" and "water" |
| 49% | SKI | 3 | Word that follows "water" and "Jet" |
| 49% | BEE | 3 | Word that follows "bumble" and "honey" |
| 49% | UNIT | 4 | Word that follows 36d in ICU |
| 49% | SEX | 3 | Word accompanying "Lies" and "Videotape" in a 1989 film title |
| 48% | POD | 3 | Word that follows "pea" and precedes "cast" |