| 100% | LIES | 4 | "Hope ___ to mortals / And most believe her": Housman |
| 38% | TALLEST | 7 | Most difficult to believe |
| 38% | BEELINE | 7 | Fastest and most direct path to something |
| 36% | ETAL | 4 | And too many others to mention: Abbr. |
| 36% | SKILIFT | 7 | Many chairs to the top and back |
| 35% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Flowers" singer and former Disney star who has tattoos dedicated to her many pets, including her dogs Floyd, Emu, and Mary Jane (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ETC | 3 | "... and too many others to list" (Abbr.) |
| 35% | TATE | 4 | Home to many Constables and Sargents |
| 35% | HOLIDAYINN | 10 | Home to many kings and queens |
| 35% | AUNTIEMAME | 10 | She said "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" |
| 35% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | She was married to Ashton Kutcher and Bruce Willis |
| 35% | USHER | 5 | He guides you and me to her |
| 35% | SOMETHING | 9 | Beatles song by George Harrison on 48-Across with the lyrics "I don't want to leave her now / You know I believe and how" |
| 35% | STUDS | 5 | Chris Evans and Idris Elba, to many |
| 35% | COPAGANDA | 9 | “Blue Bloods” and “Major Crimes,” to many |
| 34% | WORSECONDITIONS | 15 | More rain and less light, e.g., to a pilot |
| 34% | KOURTNEY | 8 | She and Khloe Take Miami to open a Dash Boutique |
| 34% | ANDROMEDA | 9 | She was chained to a rock and saved by Perseus |
| 34% | ALMODOVAR | 9 | Director of Talk to Her and Broken Embraces |
| 33% | CLASSMATE | 9 | She thought he was much too old to have been her ... |
| 33% | SORENSTAM | 9 | Female golfer with the most wins to her name |
| 33% | CAROLALT | 8 | First supermodel to produce her own posters and calendars |
| 33% | FUNDS | 5 | Mutual and hedge items of much interest to investors |
| 33% | RETRY | 5 | About to score and sample once more |
| 33% | MET | 3 | His somber gaze ___ hers and then drifted to her lips. |
| 33% | SAD | 3 | "Seeing her struggle so much makes me ___." (unhappy and miserable) |
| 33% | ETHER | 5 | Theoretical substance once believed to permeate all matter and space |
| 32% | OLE | 3 | Her s___ purpose in life was to provide for herself and her family |
| 32% | SEESA | 5 | "He ___ fighter in her and that gives him hope.": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DIED | 4 | "I told Rupaul to act her age. And she ___!" —Lady Bunny |