| 100% | PIED | 4 | (4/7) "The ___ duck, rare beauty, is now displaced ..." |
| 43% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 41% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | Beauty is in the __ of the beholder |
| 41% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of the __ |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | Beauty is in the ___ of the beholder |
| 41% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this |
| 40% | DVORAK | 6 | QWERTY keyboard alternative where the numeric keys are ordered 7 5 3 1 9 0 2 4 6 8 |
| 40% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this person |
| 39% | ABYSSINIA | 9 | Kingdom of __, what is now the Ethiopian republic |
| 38% | SPEND | 5 | Be the opposite of 4-Down |
| 38% | PHSCALE | 7 | 7 is in the middle of it |
| 38% | SPLIT | 5 | The 7-10 is a nasty one |
| 37% | ALLWE | 5 | "___ Have is Now" (song by The Flaming Lips): 2 wds. |
| 37% | DESKTOP | 7 | This type of PC is now outsold by the laptop |
| 37% | AROD | 4 | Athlete who is now the chairman of Presidente beer, informally |
| 37% | DERRY | 5 | "You are now entering Free ___" (sign painted during the Troubles) |
| 37% | PINE | 4 | The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one |
| 37% | DISSENT | 7 | Be the 4 in a 5-4 decision |
| 37% | ITSON | 5 | "Oh, now the gloves are off!" |
| 37% | ITSON | 5 | "Okay, now the gloves are off!" |
| 36% | SLEEPING | 8 | The beauty who was cursed to an eternal slumber |
| 36% | ODES | 4 | Beauty and a nightingale were the focus of two |
| 36% | KONG | 4 | "It was beauty killed the beast" beast |
| 36% | ECARTE | 6 | Game whose lowest card is the 7 |
| 36% | FANTASY | 7 | Sephiroth is the antagonist of Final __ 7 |
| 36% | ASITIS | 6 | The way things are now |
| 36% | DEREK | 5 | Former Yankee Jeter who is now part owner of the Miami Marlins |
| 36% | TARANTULA | 9 | Name originally used for what is now called the European wolf spider |
| 36% | OPEDS | 5 | The New York Times is now calling them "guest essays" |