| 100% | FRY | 3 | Word with "French" to mean a popular snack |
| 64% | DOWN | 4 | Word with 5a to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 64% | COUNT | 5 | Word with 4d to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 61% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a cocktail |
| 60% | SCI | 3 | Word with "fi" to mean a movie genre |
| 60% | NEURO | 5 | Word with "surgeon" to mean a brain doctor |
| 60% | POT | 3 | Word with "belly" to mean someone with a large tummy |
| 60% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 60% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 60% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 60% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 59% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a tool or a cocktail |
| 59% | AERO | 4 | Prefix with "smith" to mean a popular rock band |
| 59% | ERIE | 4 | Suffix with brass to mean a French style restaurant |
| 59% | CORN | 4 | Suffix with "pop" to mean a snack |
| 58% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 56% | CORN | 4 | Suffix with "pop" to mean a movie time snack |
| 55% | HOUSE | 5 | Word with "light" to mean a bright coastal tower that you may spot on an island |
| 55% | TRES | 4 | French 101 word or, with a different meaning, Spanish 101 word |
| 55% | LOAN | 4 | Prefix with "word" to mean a borrowed word |
| 55% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 53% | HETERONYM | 9 | Word spelled identically to another but with a different pronunciation and meaning |
| 52% | MANIA | 5 | Suffix with "Beatle" to mean craze for a popular '60s band |
| 51% | BOARD | 5 | *Word with "key" to mean a computer device that goes "clickety-clack" |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | Word with "lemon" or "orange" to mean a refreshing drink |
| 51% | SCREW | 5 | It's followed by "driver" to mean a popular drink |
| 51% | OUT | 3 | Word with "dated" to mean old |
| 51% | EER | 3 | Suffix with "musket" to mean one of three in a popular book title |
| 51% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 50% | WORK | 4 | Word with "home" to mean school assignments |