| 100% | TAG | 3 | "This ___ not to be removed except by the consumer" (warning attached to a mattress) |
| 68% | TEARSOFF | 8 | Gets rid of one of those little tags that says "Under penalty of law this tag not not to be removed except by the consumer" |
| 42% | SCAMALERT | 9 | Warning to consumers, or what might be triggered by the starred answers |
| 40% | NONET | 5 | A chamber work by Louis Spohr was the first to bear this title |
| 39% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 39% | OVOID | 5 | The asteroid Vesta was confirmed to be this shape by NASA'a Dawn space mission |
| 38% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 38% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 38% | OSE | 3 | Monosaccharides are named according to a Greek prefix to indicate the number of carbon atoms followed by this suffix, meaning "sugar" |
| 37% | NODOFF | 6 | At midnight when I'm still writing clues for the puzzle that absolutely has to be in Florida by 8:00 am, I have a tendency to do this |
| 36% | ASLEEP | 6 | Not a good thing to be at the wheel |
| 36% | ANGLES | 6 | These are formed by two lines coming to a point |
| 35% | GOOGOL | 6 | 1 followed by 100 zeroes, not to be confused with the search engine |
| 35% | TAG | 3 | A mattress might have one that says not to remove it |
| 35% | FORE | 4 | Warning to someone about to be hit by a golf ball |
| 35% | WIT | 3 | A pun is said to be the lowest form of this |
| 35% | ROOSTER | 7 | The next year belonging to this animal is not until 2029 |
| 35% | BRIDLE | 6 | Reins are attached to this to control a horse |
| 35% | FAN | 3 | "The Perfect ___," 1999 song by The Backstreet Boys that is a tribute to their mothers |
| 35% | FLOATING | 8 | These ribs are not connected to the breastbone |
| 35% | EMU | 3 | This bird's head is represented by the Coalsack Nebula according to the Aboriginal culture of Australia |
| 35% | YOUNG | 5 | The Stingray Nebula has to be considered this, as far a nebulae go |
| 35% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 35% | HIP | 3 | "___ to be square," a hit song by Huey Lewis and the News |
| 34% | SCOTS | 5 | Language whose Wikipedia page was found to contain a large number of entries written by a teenager who was not a speaker of the language |
| 34% | THATWASNTME | 11 | Song by 32-Across with the lyrics "I'm not asking you to move on or forget it / But these are better days" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | GLASSSTEM | 9 | Hold a drinking vessel by this, not near the rim |
| 34% | WONONPOINTS | 11 | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| 34% | WEAPON | 6 | The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |
| 34% | ROOM | 4 | The "where" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant |