| 100% | HYMN | 4 | "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," for one |
| 49% | TUTU | 4 | What one might go for a spin in? |
| 48% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | What one might hope for in a tight spot |
| 44% | ONESTOPSHOP | 11 | What has a lot in store for you? |
| 44% | PLANET | 6 | What each word in "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles" is a stand-in for |
| 44% | ATM | 3 | What a short person in a store might have to use, for short |
| 43% | ESSAY | 5 | What one may have to write for a college application |
| 43% | MIMOLETTE | 9 | Orange colored cheese from France that was blocked in US for having a very high mite level |
| 42% | AXLE | 4 | What a unicycle has one of |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | What A stands for in poker |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | What a swellhead has in excess |
| 42% | EGO | 3 | What a narcissist has in overabundance |
| 42% | DIDNT | 5 | "___ We Almost Have It All," number-one hit by Whitney Houston that received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year in 1988 |
| 42% | PUNCH | 5 | *Coconut ___, eggnog alternative for Christmas in July ... and an oft-spiked drink one might have at a party |
| 42% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | What a cyclops has just one of |
| 42% | EXAM | 4 | What a student crams in preparation for |
| 42% | SILENCE | 7 | What a teacher asks for in class |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | What a server strives for, in tennis |
| 42% | BKS | 3 | What a library has in hundreds: Abbr. |
| 42% | MATHGEEK | 8 | One who might tell the joke “Q: What does the ‘B’ in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot” |
| 42% | HOMEOPENER | 10 | Game one for season ticket holders ... or, literally, what each word in the answers to starred clues can have |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | What a needle and potato have in common |
| 41% | STITCHES | 8 | What a comedy show might have you in |
| 41% | ALVA | 4 | What A stands for in Thomas A. Edison |
| 41% | SEC | 3 | What a minute has 60 of, for short |
| 41% | WOOL | 4 | What a wolf in sheep’s clothing has? |
| 41% | CRUTCHES | 8 | Support for one in a cast |
| 41% | BUTTHEBEST | 10 | When prefixed with 72-Across, what a friend wishes for you |
| 41% | WATER | 5 | *___ balloon fight, snowball fight alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game one might play with friends in the backyard |