| 100% | SWAP | 4 | (4/4) "The thief must have made the ___ (exchange) when the owner went to the back to confer with his associates..." |
| 34% | PETARD | 6 | “ ’Tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his own ___”: Hamlet |
| 33% | PETARD | 6 | “For ’tis the sport to have the engineer / Hoist with his own ___”: Hamlet |
| 32% | SAFE | 4 | (5/5) "Inside, there's a note with a combination key for a ___ (vault). The thief must have seen it and used it to steal the item..." |
| 32% | TYLER | 5 | With 32-Across, entertainment mogul who partnered with Oprah to bring his series "The Haves and the Have Nots" to OWN in 2013 |
| 30% | RETHINK | 7 | Go back to the drawing board with |
| 30% | MATT | 4 | "Invictus" actor who George Clooney pranked when he had the size of his trousers reduced to make the actor believe he was gaining weight |
| 29% | GOBBLE | 6 | Word repeated twice to make the sound associated with turkeys |
| 29% | IRS | 3 | Govt. org. with roots going back to the Civil War |
| 28% | EXTRACT | 7 | With 4-Down, how to make the seven starred clues match their answers? |
| 28% | SAVAGE | 6 | __ Garden had a 1997 hit with To The Moon and Back |
| 28% | BESTMAN | 7 | The one the groom relies on to have his back |
| 27% | FROZONE | 7 | Superhero from "The Incredibles" who has the ability to freeze things with his fingertips |
| 27% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyric "Take me back / To the world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To the world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | AIRPORT | 7 | (2/5) "You have to make your way to the nearest ___ (place with planes) ASAP!" |
| 27% | BACKTOSQUAREONE | 15 | Exasperated cry when trashing a draft, and where to go to answer the clues with slashes |
| 27% | JAMESSTEWART | 12 | Actor with the same initials as Jefferson Smith, his role in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" |
| 27% | WOOLF | 5 | Writer of the line “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” |
| 26% | PETE | 4 | With 27-Down, his #14 has been informally retired by the Reds (although his own son later wore it) |
| 26% | REEKS | 5 | Smells like my son was trying to make wolverine attractant with his chemistry set in the basement |
| 26% | ODS | 3 | Has to go to the ER |
| 26% | OLDDAYS | 7 | Chicago song with the lyrics "Take me back / To a world gone away" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ALLAS | 5 | What a student with a 4.0 G.P.A. has ... or a hint to the vowels in this puzzle |
| 26% | MATILDA | 7 | Single on 37-Across with the lyric "You don't have to go home" |
| 26% | PET | 3 | Animal that goes to the vet and rhymes with "vet" |
| 26% | HELL | 4 | "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to ___ in his own way": Robert Frost |
| 26% | LANDONYOURFEET | 14 | Cry to soccer player Donovan when something is wrong with the body parts at the bottom of his legs? |
| 26% | TAGLINE | 7 | "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," e.g. |
| 25% | DEVO | 4 | Band with the lyrics "When something's going wrong, you must whip it" |