| 100% | IDLERS | 6 | "Leave business to ___, and wisdom to fools": Congreve |
| 44% | ABSCONDS | 8 | Leaves hurriedly and secretly to avoid capture |
| 44% | TOBACCO | 7 | Leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars |
| 43% | LONGMIRE | 8 | Modern western that left A&E and moved to Netflix |
| 42% | SASSAFRAS | 9 | Tree whose leaves are ground and dried to make filé powder |
| 42% | ADOPTIONAGENCY | 14 | Business offering the right to buy and sell securities? |
| 42% | HER | 3 | "She took ___ bag and began to leave.." |
| 41% | ABANDON | 7 | To leave someone and never return |
| 40% | BOWLSOVER | 9 | Leaves flabbergasted, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 40% | CALLACAB | 8 | Advice to someone who's drunk and about to leave |
| 40% | CHIMNEY | 7 | Channel for hot air and smoke to leave a fireplace |
| 40% | NASHVILLE | 9 | Musical soap opera that left ABC and moved to CMT |
| 39% | TURNINGPRO | 10 | Leaving the amateur ranks, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 39% | SUPERGIRL | 9 | DC Comics drama that left CBS and moved to the CW |
| 39% | THEIR | 5 | "They gathered all ___ stuff and left." (belonging to them) |
| 38% | FUTURAMA | 8 | Animated sci-fi comedy that left Fox and moved to Comedy Central |
| 38% | EMBARGO | 7 | Take me back to pub and leave ban |
| 38% | BLUECATLODGE | 12 | Business 29-Across buys and uses to launder drug money on 40-Down (3 wds.) |
| 37% | TACKLESHOP | 10 | Place catering to the left and right of center? |
| 37% | NNW | 3 | Up and a little to the left, for short |
| 37% | PLATE | 5 | What utensils go to the left and right of |
| 36% | TOPRANKS | 8 | "It is such fun to fool the folks / And make them butts of harmless jokes …" |
| 36% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 36% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of a row; left to right, not up and down |
| 35% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 35% | JULIET | 6 | "O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop / To help me after!" speaker |
| 35% | FCS | 3 | Nationwide system of banks, associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses |
| 35% | QUITYOURSELF | 12 | Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? |
| 35% | BACKSPACE | 9 | PC key with a left-pointing arrow ... and hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | POPUPSHOP | 9 | Temporary spot to do business … or a hint to answering 17-, 35- and 41-Across |