| 100% | SUBSTITUTION | 12 | "The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___" |
| 45% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
| 37% | AWAKE | 5 | Out of the arms of Morpheus, so to speak |
| 37% | NECKING | 7 | Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing |
| 37% | AGENT | 5 | One who might try to make a big deal out of everything |
| 36% | BASE | 4 | Length needed to calculate the area of a triangle |
| 36% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
| 36% | MEL | 3 | Director Gibson who's making a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ" |
| 36% | INS | 3 | "I need to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 36% | HOLE | 4 | Step 3 of making a birdhouse: Cut out a ___ in one of the walls to make place for entry |
| 36% | FUNGI | 5 | Q: Why did the mushroom get invited to the party? A: Because he's a ___ |
| 35% | PROPHET | 7 | He claims to interpret the thoughts of a deity |
| 35% | SAP | 3 | To slowly drain out the strength of a person |
| 35% | SURVIVES | 8 | Makes it out the other side of a disaster |
| 35% | CALYX | 5 | Outer whorl of a flower made of the sepals |
| 35% | MINUSSIGN | 9 | Need to make a difference |
| 35% | ERRS | 4 | Needs to make a retraction |
| 35% | OUTOFCASH | 9 | Needing to make a withdrawal |
| 35% | OFFTOAFASTSTART | 15 | Quick out of the blocks, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 35% | ERASE | 5 | To rub out, as with the back of a pencil |
| 35% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |
| 34% | MOLEHILL | 8 | "To make a mountain out of a ___" (overreact) |
| 34% | TOWN | 4 | Word that can follow Hades or Urine to make the title of a musical |
| 34% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Somebody assigned to carry out the terms of a will |
| 34% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Person appointed to carry out the terms of a will |
| 34% | LADYGAGA | 8 | Wore a dress made of meat to the MTV Awards |
| 34% | ACASEOFTHEBLUES | 15 | Out of sorts feeling (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 49- and 59-Across) |
| 34% | CELSHADING | 10 | Technique often used to make 3D images appear in the style of a comic book |
| 34% | FINALIST | 8 | Player who makes it to the last round of a contest |