| 100% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 64% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 64% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 64% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 63% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 58% | BERRY | 5 | Word with "Smurf" to mean a red fruit that is a source of nutrition for the Smurfs |
| 56% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 56% | DOWN | 4 | Word with 5a to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 56% | COUNT | 5 | Word with 4d to mean a New Year's Eve practice |
| 54% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a cocktail |
| 53% | FRY | 3 | Word with "French" to mean a popular snack |
| 53% | SCI | 3 | Word with "fi" to mean a movie genre |
| 53% | NEURO | 5 | Word with "surgeon" to mean a brain doctor |
| 53% | POT | 3 | Word with "belly" to mean someone with a large tummy |
| 52% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a tool or a cocktail |
| 52% | ERIE | 4 | Suffix with brass to mean a French style restaurant |
| 51% | LOIN | 4 | Suffix with "tender" to mean a cut of beef |
| 51% | ACRO | 4 | Prefix with "phobia" to mean a fear of heights |
| 51% | ORTHO | 5 | Prefix with "pedics" to mean a branch of medicine |
| 51% | IDEO | 4 | Prefix with "logy" to mean a set of beliefs |
| 51% | PAIN | 4 | Prefix with "killer" to mean a type of pill |
| 51% | STAIR | 5 | Prefix with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 51% | STAIR | 5 | Prefix with "case" to mean a series of steps |
| 50% | WURST | 5 | Suffix with "Brat" to mean a type of German sausage |
| 50% | ACU | 3 | Prefix with "pressure" to mean a form of alternative medicine |
| 50% | LIEU | 4 | Word with three consecutive vowels, used as "in ___ of" to mean "instead of" |
| 50% | CITIZEN | 7 | Word with "ship" to signify the status of belonging to a country |
| 50% | ACU | 3 | Prefix with "puncture" to mean a form of traditional Chinese medicine |
| 49% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 49% | ECTO | 4 | Prefix with "plasm" to mean a layer of a cell's cytoplasm |