| 100% | MIC | 3 | Word whose two consonants are M.C., fittingly |
| 77% | HIRE | 4 | Word whose two consonants are H.R., fittingly |
| 41% | CHANEL | 6 | Fashion house whose logo is two interlocking C's |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name is also a two-word sentence |
| 36% | OKGO | 4 | Indie band whose name is a two-word command |
| 36% | RAZE | 4 | Word whose antonym is its own homophone |
| 35% | TIE | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found in "overtime" |
| 35% | LAD | 3 | Word whose female equivalent is lassie |
| 34% | AVEC | 4 | French word whose opposite is 66-Across |
| 34% | SANS | 4 | French word whose opposite is 2-Down |
| 34% | ARE | 3 | Word whose first letter is dropped in contractions |
| 33% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word whose meaning is the opposite of another |
| 33% | ETAT | 4 | French word whose plural is its English translation backward |
| 33% | IRONIST | 7 | Writer whose words are twisted? |
| 33% | STMARK | 6 | One whose word is gospel? |
| 33% | SON | 3 | Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" |
| 33% | EVER | 4 | Word whose opposite is formed by attaching an n to the beginning |
| 33% | SAMOA | 5 | Country whose two main islands are Savai'i and Upolu |
| 32% | ROOTROT | 7 | Plant disease whose two words differ by only one letter |
| 32% | PAT | 3 | Word whose meaning can be the same when read backward |
| 32% | CAMEL | 5 | Animal whose two species are dromedary and Bactrian |
| 32% | GEMINIS | 7 | The Olsen twins are two, fittingly |
| 32% | YAO | 3 | Ming whose number was retired by the Rockets |
| 32% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 32% | CARBON | 6 | Chemical element whose symbol is C |
| 32% | GREAT | 5 | Word whose letters are used to spell this puzzle's five longest answers |
| 32% | ELECT | 5 | Word whose meaning remains unchanged when an "s" is added to the front |
| 32% | ESCHER | 6 | M C —, Dutch graphic artist whose works include 1928 woodcut Tower of Babel |
| 32% | EYES | 4 | Word that fittingly sounds like two letters in "vision" |
| 32% | ASS | 3 | Word that may be bowdlerized by two dollar signs |