| 100% | SMART | 5 | Word to describe an A+ student |
| 63% | VENOMOUS | 8 | Word to describe an animal that can inject poison |
| 61% | UGLY | 4 | Word to describe a Christmas sweater, perhaps |
| 60% | MAD | 3 | Word to describe a hatter or a hater |
| 59% | STY | 3 | Word to describe a messy teen's room, perhaps |
| 58% | DETACHED | 8 | Word to describe a house not joined to any others |
| 58% | GRACEFUL | 8 | Word to describe swans that is a synonym for "beautiful" |
| 58% | CRUNK | 5 | '90s slang word to describe a wild celebration |
| 58% | PLEASANT | 8 | Word to describe good weather that is a synonym for "beautiful" |
| 57% | MONARCHS | 8 | A word to describe kings, queens, or butterflies |
| 56% | GROWUP | 6 | Words to an adult acting like a child |
| 56% | VERB | 4 | A word that describes an action |
| 55% | NOCTURNAL | 9 | A word to describe animals that are active at night |
| 54% | ASTRONOMER | 10 | A student hoping to become an ___ took a short-answer test... |
| 53% | START | 5 | Word next to an arrow in a maze |
| 53% | START | 5 | Word next to an arrow on a maze |
| 53% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | Word used to describe a noun |
| 52% | COLICKY | 7 | Word that describes a baby prone to painful crying |
| 52% | EDIT | 4 | Word that may precede an update to a Reddit post |
| 50% | TETE | 4 | Word linked by an "a" to mean a heart-to-heart conversation |
| 50% | ALT | 3 | Word on an online photo that links to a description of it |
| 50% | ETONCHALLAH | 11 | What an English student wore to a deli? |
| 49% | ECRU | 4 | Word used to describe a greyish-pale yellow color on linen |
| 49% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 48% | STET | 4 | Word used as an instruction to ignore a correction on a manuscript |
| 48% | TWOCANPLAY | 10 | With 28-Down, words to a cheater ... or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | HOLM | 4 | German word that refers to an island in a river or a lake |
| 47% | REDHEAD | 7 | Word to describe someone with auburn hair |
| 47% | MATTER | 6 | Word to describe anything that contains mass |
| 47% | BUTTERY | 7 | Word to describe bread after condiment application |