| 100% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 81% | SHOOTING | 8 | The type of star you're told to make a wish on |
| 81% | MODEL | 5 | You can make one for an airplane, or find one on a runway |
| 80% | YOURSELF | 8 | Don't make __ a mouse, or the cat will eat you |
| 80% | BLINDS | 6 | Window covers, can be on a roller or made of slats |
| 80% | BEAR | 4 | *Make your Gingerbread village* Animal shape for a "gummy" candy that you will need to make the forest |
| 80% | SCAR | 4 | Iconic mark on the forehead that would be a part of your "Harry Potter" Halloween costume |
| 80% | OUTOFDANGER | 11 | Safe ... or how the last words of 16-, 23- and 49-Across are made? |
| 80% | TOERING | 7 | A metal hoop you would wear on one of the digits of your feet. |
| 79% | PEAR | 4 | On the first day of Christmas, your true love may send you a partridge in this "poached fruit" tree |
| 79% | HOVERFLY | 8 | Insect often mistaken for a wasp or bee that feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers |
| 77% | GUT | 3 | The part of your body which is often referred to when you get a "feeling" about something |
| 77% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 76% | GLASSES | 7 | Another word for the spectacles that would be a part of your "Harry Potter" Halloween costume |
| 76% | GLUEDTOTHETV | 12 | Where your eyes might stay during a suspenseful scene … or the only place you'll find the "eyes" in this puzzle |
| 76% | ONUS | 4 | A responsibility or load to bear. "The ___ is on you" |
| 76% | WHIP | 4 | A long instrument made of rope or leather that you would find in the hands of a lion tamer |
| 76% | ICE | 3 | This will send a chill down your spine, if you put it on your spine, of course |
| 76% | AMORE | 5 | It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit |
| 76% | MID | 3 | Abbr. for the code embedded on DVDs that will tell you the name of the disc manufacturer |
| 76% | CLOAK | 5 | Invisibility ___, garment which makes you disappear and may be a part of your "Harry Potter" Halloween costume |
| 75% | PRETZEL | 7 | *Make your Gingerbread village* Knotted, salty pastry that you will need to make the fence for your gingerbread house |
| 75% | DANK | 4 | Making a comeback is this "wet and unpleasant" slangy term for something of high quality that originated in the '80s |
| 75% | RAISELOADSOFASH | 15 | What you have to do if you want to make a serious bid for king of the forest? |
| 75% | HAIR | 4 | "Put your ___ up! A braided bun will let the world know you're ready for the marriage mart!" |
| 75% | BRADS | 5 | Fasteners ... or, if you change the fourth letter to an S, what the fasteners might be made of |
| 75% | HAT | 3 | "Home is where you lay your ___," idiom conveying a sense of home based on comfort and not upbringing |
| 75% | SANSA | 5 | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| 75% | IMONAROLL | 9 | "Things could not be going better for me!" ... or a hint to the placement of the circled letters |
| 75% | ALARM | 5 | I'm a type of digital clock that gets you ready for classes on time. Who am I? |