| 100% | TALK | 4 | ___ of the town (what everyone is speaking about) |
| 51% | TALKOFTHETOWN | 13 | What everyone is gossiping about (4 wds.) |
| 50% | ETHANOL | 7 | What about 40% of the U.S. corn crop is used for |
| 49% | DIFFRENTSTROKES | 15 | '70s-'80s series about the Drummond family ... and what the starts of four long answers are |
| 46% | CAUSEASTIR | 10 | Be the talk of the town |
| 46% | CHANGE | 6 | What metathesiophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | WAR | 3 | What polemology is the study of |
| 46% | MOON | 4 | What Artemis is the goddess of |
| 46% | UVEA | 4 | What the iris is part of |
| 46% | EATING | 6 | What cibophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | MARS | 4 | What areology is the study of |
| 46% | THUNDER | 7 | What Thor is the god of |
| 46% | COMEDY | 6 | What Thalia is the muse of |
| 46% | FEET | 4 | What podophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | DARK | 4 | What nyctophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | SALT | 4 | What halophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | HEAT | 4 | What cold is the absence of |
| 46% | DOGS | 4 | What cynophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | CLOUDS | 6 | What nephology is the study of |
| 46% | AGING | 5 | What gerontology is the study of |
| 46% | TASTE | 5 | What ageusia is the loss of |
| 46% | BEARDS | 6 | What pogonophobia is the fear of |
| 46% | METALS | 6 | What the majority of elements are |
| 46% | SEA | 3 | What Poseidon was the god of |
| 46% | FIRE | 4 | What Vulcan was the god of |
| 46% | SEA | 3 | What Neptune was the god of |
| 45% | WORKSLIKEACHARM | 15 | Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across |
| 45% | ADS | 3 | What about half of magazine pages are |
| 45% | ROME | 4 | What the 5-Across is bishop of |
| 45% | IRON | 4 | What the Eiffel Tower is made of |