| 100% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a tool or a cocktail |
| 75% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a cocktail |
| 67% | SCREW | 5 | Word before "driver" to mean a tool |
| 66% | SCREW | 5 | Prefix with "driver" to mean a tool |
| 64% | SCREW | 5 | Prefix with "driver" to mean a cocktail |
| 63% | ADE | 3 | Word with "lemon" or "orange" to mean a refreshing drink |
| 62% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 60% | ICE | 3 | Rocks in a cocktail or word with "land" to make Reykjavik's country |
| 60% | DOWN | 4 | Word with 5a to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 60% | COUNT | 5 | Word with 4d to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 60% | RANT | 4 | *Go on a tirade ... or a word used with 25d to mean shout and complain angrily |
| 59% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 59% | BREAD | 5 | *Primary sandwich ingredient ... or a word used with 38d to mean a person's livelihood |
| 58% | PROPER | 6 | *According to etiquette ... or a word used with 42d to mean very formal and well-behaved |
| 58% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 58% | FRY | 3 | Word with "French" to mean a popular snack |
| 58% | SCI | 3 | Word with "fi" to mean a movie genre |
| 58% | NEURO | 5 | Word with "surgeon" to mean a brain doctor |
| 57% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 57% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 57% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 57% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 57% | POT | 3 | Word with "belly" to mean someone with a large tummy |
| 56% | MAN | 3 | Word following "spider" or "bat" to mean a superhero |
| 55% | FOLDING | 7 | Word before "chair" to mean a seating option for beaches or camping |
| 55% | LOAN | 4 | Prefix with "word" to mean a borrowed word |
| 55% | MAN | 3 | Suffix with "Iron" or "Bat" to mean a superhero |
| 55% | MAN | 3 | Suffix with "bat" or "super" to mean a superhero |
| 54% | APTAGRAM | 8 | Word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form another with a similar meaning, such as “moon starer” for “astronomer” |
| 54% | BUS | 3 | Prefix with "boy" or "girl" to mean a restaurant worker |