| 100% | RESETS | 6 | You push these at bowling alleys and on VCR's |
| 39% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a sweetener and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 38% | FIESTA | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game with a name that means "feast" in Spanish and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 38% | PEACH | 5 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a cobbler fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 38% | ORANGE | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a citrus fruit and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 38% | COTTON | 6 | ___ Bowl, annual NCAA game which shares its name with a type of fabric and that you may have watched on New Year's Day this year |
| 34% | COLLAR | 6 | You put this on dogs and horses |
| 32% | ERGS | 4 | You can row hard and get nowhere on these, slangily speaking |
| 31% | BRIDGEPORT | 10 | Abraham Lincoln spoke at this city's Washington Hall at the corner of State and Broad on March 10. 1860 |
| 31% | TIPTOE | 6 | You might walk on this at night |
| 31% | FORMALREQUESTS | 14 | "Would you pin on my corsage?" and "May I have this dance?"? |
| 29% | DRDRE | 5 | Performer at this year's Super Bowl |
| 29% | WHITEWATER | 10 | You'll probably be looking at a lot of this if you attempt the Tunnel Rapids on the Colorado |
| 28% | INES | 4 | To date, only the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima have earned a seven on this rating system (abbr.) |
| 28% | DUES | 4 | At Florida's Medalist Golf Club, these will cost you six figures |
| 28% | CAPITALGRIDLOCK | 15 | Legislative impasse ... and what occurs at this puzzle's circles? |
| 27% | KEYBOARDS | 9 | You type on these |
| 27% | KEYBOARD | 8 | You type on this |
| 27% | UPLOADED | 8 | When you've put something on a website, it's this |
| 27% | SEEINGSTARS | 11 | Ouch! Drifted too far and bonked my head on that darn window … but wow, would you look at the view! |
| 27% | EDGE | 4 | You're tense on this |
| 27% | ATM | 3 | You can bank on this |
| 27% | AWE | 3 | The feeling generated (along with the willies, maybe) when you get brave and go out on the skywalk at Eagle Point |
| 27% | EZRA | 4 | "In music news, No. 1 on the college charts this summer was 'Better Than ___.' And at No. 2: '___.'" (Norm Macdonald joke) |
| 26% | STAT | 4 | "I am on Grey's Anatomy, and this is urgent!" |
| 26% | DOORMATS | 8 | You wipe your feet on these |
| 26% | FUTONS | 6 | You should lie down on these |
| 26% | RDS | 3 | You may pass on these: Abbr. |
| 26% | RDS | 3 | You may pass on these (abbr.) |
| 26% | EXITS | 5 | You can get off on these |