| 100% | IDOS | 4 | Words that leave one in a bind? |
| 83% | IDO | 3 | Declaration that leaves one in a bind? |
| 56% | DECIDUOUS | 9 | Word for a tree that loses leaves in winter |
| 54% | SYNONYM | 7 | Word that shares a similar meaning to another one, as you would find in a thesaurus |
| 52% | HOLE | 4 | You shouldn't leave one in a plot |
| 52% | SLAMPOETS | 9 | Ones in a war of words? |
| 50% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 50% | NARY | 4 | Word that runs "a one" into "none", often heard in the Ozarks or Appalachia |
| 49% | NOSEBLEED | 9 | Fistfight outcome that leaves one red in the face? |
| 49% | ADO | 3 | Word that means "fuss" in a Shakespeare title |
| 49% | DALAI | 5 | Word that means "ocean" in a religious title |
| 49% | SIGN | 4 | Leave one's mark, in a way |
| 48% | ILLSUE | 6 | Words that may cause fear in a business |
| 48% | ALFA | 4 | Word that represents A in the phonetic alphabet |
| 48% | ONCE | 4 | Word that precedes "upon a time" in stories |
| 47% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, say |
| 47% | NOTEBOOK | 8 | Leaves in a spiral binding |
| 47% | ROSY | 4 | Word that describes a red apple or one's cheek |
| 47% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 film title |
| 47% | OER | 3 | Word that saves a syllable in "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 47% | ECHO | 4 | Word that's fun to shout in a cavernous space |
| 47% | ALII | 4 | Word that's usually abbreviated in a common Latin phrase |
| 47% | BINDING | 7 | Covering in a book that binds the pages |
| 46% | NEE | 3 | Word that may precede a maiden name in a news article |
| 46% | NEE | 3 | Word that may precede a maiden name in a marriage announcement |
| 46% | PANDA | 5 | One that "eats, shoots and leaves," in a classic joke |
| 46% | MAD | 3 | Word that appears four times in a 1963 comedy film title |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | Word that appears on a dime in both English and Latin |
| 46% | ARENT | 5 | Word that sounds like "orange" in a classic knock-knock joke |
| 46% | RHYME | 5 | Use words that sound alike, in a poem perhaps |