| 100% | NEAL | 4 | "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell" author Stephenson |
| 39% | HIGHWATER | 9 | Come hell or __; in spite of difficulties |
| 39% | GRAVITY | 7 | __ Falls, Dipper and Mabel's adventures in OR |
| 39% | HEMLINE | 7 | In a dress, this falls above or below the knee |
| 39% | SPECTOR | 7 | Paul __, or Peter Baldwin, killer in The Fall |
| 38% | DROPSHOT | 8 | A softly hit, falling stroke in tennis or squash |
| 37% | ANGEL | 5 | ___ Falls, Venezuelan waterfall or a divine creature in heaven with wings |
| 37% | GRAHAMGREENE | 12 | British author or Oscar-nominated actor in Dances with Wolves |
| 36% | BRONTE | 6 | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| 36% | KATEMILLETT | 11 | Author who wrote, in “Sexual Politics,” that “patriarchy, reformed or unreformed, is patriarchy still” |
| 36% | NITRO | 5 | Drag-racing fuel, or a Dodge SUV that was discontinued in 2011 |
| 36% | PHILLIPS | 8 | Caryl —, author of novels The Final Passage and In the Falling Snow |
| 35% | NEAL | 4 | Country singer McCoy or author Stephenson |
| 35% | CHEZDEVIL | 9 | In hell? |
| 34% | LUCIFER | 7 | Fallen angel said to lead in hell |
| 34% | BELOW | 5 | In hell, say |
| 33% | IDIOM | 5 | "Fall in love" or "fall to pieces" |
| 33% | OMNI | 4 | Dodge in traffic, once |
| 32% | HEADOVERHEELS | 13 | **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | NEAL | 4 | Author Stephenson of "Snow Crash" |
| 32% | OTTESSAMOSHFEGH | 15 | “Eileen” author who said that people “shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered” |
| 32% | NEAL | 4 | Cyberpunk author Stephenson |
| 32% | NEAL | 4 | "Cryptonomicon" author Stephenson |
| 32% | NEAL | 4 | “Cryptonomicon” author Stephenson |
| 32% | NEAL | 4 | "Quicksilver" author Stephenson |
| 32% | DEMONRATIONS | 12 | Provisions in Hell? |
| 32% | COLDDAY | 7 | Rarity in Hell? |
| 32% | DEVIL | 5 | Being in hell |
| 32% | DEVIL | 5 | Creature in hell |
| 32% | DEVIL | 5 | Figure in hell |