| 100% | ASIN | 4 | Words that clarify spelling |
| 65% | ASIN | 4 | Words clarifying a spelling |
| 59% | PAT | 3 | Word that is its own synonym when spelled backward |
| 59% | TAP | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward |
| 59% | PAT | 3 | Word that, when spelled backward, becomes its own synonym |
| 58% | PAT | 3 | Word that, spelled backward, can be a clue for itself |
| 58% | NIE | 3 | German word that's 52-Across spelled backward |
| 58% | EIN | 3 | German word that's 67-Across spelled backward |
| 57% | ASIN | 4 | Clarifying words while spelling out a name |
| 57% | AMORE | 5 | Word that can aptly be spelled with the letters in romance |
| 56% | ETATS | 5 | Plural French word that spells its singular English translation backwards |
| 55% | TEDIOUS | 7 | Word meaning boring that could be spelled TDS! |
| 55% | ETATS | 5 | Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse |
| 55% | ENAMOR | 6 | Romantic word that's aptly romance spelled backwards, minus a letter |
| 49% | VAR | 3 | Spelling of a word that's not the usual: Abbr. |
| 49% | TRAPPED | 7 | Confined, like five letters in this puzzle that spell an apt word |
| 47% | FORGERY | 7 | Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle's seven works |
| 47% | SARCASM | 7 | Words that sting |
| 47% | CREED | 5 | Words that guide |
| 47% | ADJECTIVE | 9 | Word that describes |
| 47% | NOT | 3 | Word that negates |
| 46% | HORSE | 5 | Casual hoops game that involves spelling a word |
| 46% | ASIN | 4 | Clarifying phrase when spelling |
| 46% | VENOM | 5 | "Inject the ___," 1981 song by AC/DC that spells out a word in the title |
| 46% | IQUIT | 5 | Words that prevent firing |
| 46% | AMENS | 5 | Words that end prayers |
| 46% | ADVERBS | 7 | Words that describe actions |
| 46% | VERBS | 5 | Words that describe actions |
| 46% | LYRIC | 5 | Words that are sung? |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Words that end bachelorhood |