| 100% | SOUL | 4 | "Or what shall a man give in exchange for his ___?": Mark 8:37 |
| 34% | SELL | 4 | Give in exchange for money |
| 34% | SOLD | 4 | Gave in exchange for money |
| 33% | MAGICBEANS | 10 | What Jack got in exchange for a cow, in a children's story |
| 32% | AVENGER | 7 | The Hulk or Iron Man, for example, in a Marvel Studios series |
| 32% | LET | 3 | Give, in exchange for rent |
| 32% | ALIEN | 5 | TV's ALF, or what his "A" stands for |
| 31% | FOURBALL | 8 | In golf, a match for two pairs in which each player uses his or her own ball |
| 31% | LAD | 3 | A man in his youth |
| 30% | ELEPHANTTRUNK | 13 | What a blind man mistakes for a snake, in a fable |
| 30% | CROWCONTROL | 11 | *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? |
| 30% | HIRE | 4 | Offer to pay, in exchange for a service |
| 30% | PAWNED | 6 | Exchanged for cash, in a way |
| 29% | TENS | 4 | You can get two in exchange for a $20 bill |
| 29% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 29% | ITSUPTOYOU | 10 | "I'll defer on this one" ... or a hint for what's found in 3-, 9-, 21- and 24-Down? |
| 29% | WIT | 3 | What "many a man hath more hair than," in Shakespeare |
| 28% | ACE | 3 | What A stands for in poker |
| 28% | CERTAINTY | 9 | Conviction ... or what's almost required for a conviction |
| 28% | BOWWOW | 6 | Dog, or what a dog says, in tot-speak |
| 28% | SILENCE | 7 | What a teacher asks for in class |
| 28% | ACE | 3 | What a server strives for, in tennis |
| 28% | NODRAMA | 7 | What most hope for in a relationship |
| 28% | SHORTIRON | 9 | 8 or 9, in a golf bag |
| 28% | ANART | 5 | "Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 28% | ANYMINUTE | 9 | In a moment, give or take |
| 28% | QUIDPROQUO | 10 | Withholding aid in exchange for a political investigation might be an example of one |
| 28% | RYES | 4 | Some loaves of bread … or a homophone for what they do in the oven |
| 28% | LOS | 3 | What the "L" in 37-Across stands for |
| 28% | UNIT | 4 | What the "U" in 37-Across stands for |