100% | MANE | 4 | "Main" feature common to a lion and a horse |
52% | EYE | 3 | Part common to a potato and a needle |
51% | SHELL | 5 | It's common to a crab and a tortoise |
51% | HEAD | 4 | What's common to a nail and a whale |
51% | NECK | 4 | Long part common to a guitar and a giraffe |
50% | MULE | 4 | Child to a horse and a donkey |
49% | BEARD | 5 | Feature common to Dumbledore and Gandalf |
48% | SEA | 3 | Home to some lions and horses |
46% | LEG | 3 | Common feature of a chair and table |
45% | AIRINESS | 8 | Common to an open room and a snob |
45% | MANES | 5 | Hairy features of lions and horses |
45% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
45% | MANE | 4 | Hairy feature of a horse or lion |
44% | USBCONNECTION | 13 | Common PC hookup, and a feature of the four longest Down answers |
44% | STATEYOURNAME | 13 | Common request from a prosecutor, and a hint to the asterisked answers |
44% | BRIDLE | 6 | Head and mouthgear used to control a horse |
44% | HIDDENFEE | 9 | Feature of some contracts, and a hint to 17-, 25- and 41-Across |
43% | HARNESS | 7 | Equipment with straps and belts to hold a horse |
43% | FRONTALNUDITY | 13 | Feature of Botticelli's Venus, and a hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across |
43% | TEAMSTERS | 9 | *Union whose logo features horse heads and a wagon wheel |
43% | MANES | 5 | Hairy features of horses and lions |
42% | SPLITSCREEN | 11 | Feature of some news reports ... and a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle |
42% | SPECIALK | 8 | Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? |
42% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
42% | MASTERSWITCH | 12 | Main shut-off, and a literal hint to the ends of 20-, 31- and 47-Across |
42% | DINNERANDAMOVIE | 15 | Common pairing for an evening out, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
42% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
42% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
42% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
42% | HIDDENFEES | 10 | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |