| 100% | POCKET | 6 | *Keys keeper in pants ... or with 15a a term for one's wallet |
| 45% | PERFECTHATTRICK | 15 | Soccer term for scoring with one's right foot, left foot and head in a single game |
| 40% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 39% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |
| 37% | DIVA | 4 | Term for a female superstar in opera or pop music |
| 37% | INTERN | 6 | One with a short term in office? |
| 36% | ENTERS | 6 | Keys in ... or gets into with a key |
| 36% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term in Congress |
| 36% | TRAPEZIUM | 9 | British term for a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides |
| 36% | ELEGY | 5 | Literary term for a poem written in serious reflection or lament |
| 35% | BREAKINGRANKS | 13 | Splitting with one's group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows |
| 35% | CRIB | 4 | Informal term for one's apartment (also a baby's bed) |
| 35% | MURSE | 5 | Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau |
| 35% | SEM | 3 | Half-year term in a school or university, for short |
| 35% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term, for short |
| 35% | TRIMESTER | 9 | Term for three months in one's pregnancy |
| 34% | GHOST | 5 | ___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas |
| 34% | CHUG | 4 | *Finish a beverage in one go, or an informal word for "drink" |
| 34% | START | 5 | Ou*se* ... or a key for deciphering missing symbols in each clue |
| 34% | HONEY | 5 | *Bee product ... or a term of endearment for one's partner |
| 34% | DEAR | 4 | *Letter opener ... or a term of endearment for one's partner |
| 34% | ANS | 3 | One in a tchr.'s key |
| 33% | PIRATES | 7 | Disneyland ride that features a dog with keys in its mouth, for short |
| 33% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 33% | MEMOIR | 6 | Term for a historical account written from one's personal knowledge |
| 33% | HANDLINGCHARGES | 15 | With one's fingers in a socket? |
| 33% | TOUCHINGSTORIES | 15 | With one's fingers in a skyscraper? |
| 33% | FEELINGSUPERIOR | 15 | With one's fingers in a lake? |
| 33% | BANKMANAGER | 11 | George Bailey, for one, in “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
| 33% | LANDSLIDE | 9 | A term for an overwhelming victory in politics |