| 100% | AGED | 4 | ___ to perfection (description of some whiskeys) |
| 56% | TWOPERSON | 9 | Description of some political races |
| 55% | NEON | 4 | Description of some very bright colors |
| 51% | BEAUTIFUL | 9 | Description of someone's physical perfection |
| 50% | TEN | 3 | Perfection, to some |
| 48% | SRS | 3 | Description of a software system to be developed (abbr) |
| 48% | SEAWORTHY | 9 | Description of boats safe to take on the oceans |
| 48% | SPACIAL | 7 | Of linear distance, to some |
| 48% | SORT | 4 | __ of; to some extent |
| 47% | MALIGNANT | 9 | Medical description of a tumour likely to spread |
| 46% | APES | 4 | Some of them have learned to sign |
| 46% | FBICASES | 8 | Some of them are devoted to gangsters |
| 46% | HITON | 5 | Think of, to some surprise |
| 46% | UNIBROW | 7 | Sign of lycanthropy, to some |
| 45% | ADS | 3 | What premium versions of some apps allow you to skip |
| 45% | GPA | 3 | No. of interest to some recruiters |
| 45% | WOMYN | 5 | Half of humanity, to some feminists |
| 45% | OUR | 3 | Homophone of 35-Across, to some |
| 45% | OMEN | 4 | Appearance of a comet, to some |
| 45% | ZEN | 3 | Means of enlightenment, to some believers |
| 45% | TWISTED | 7 | Description for some hair styles and senses of humor |
| 44% | QUESTIONS | 9 | Some suggest not to ask too many of these |
| 44% | HAS | 3 | "This ___ to be some sort of joke!" |
| 44% | SOAPY | 5 | Like the taste of cilantro, to some |
| 44% | INONESENSE | 10 | Description of this puzzle's circled letters, and a clue to what they spell |
| 44% | OMEN | 4 | Sign ... or a description of the answers to the six starred clues? |
| 44% | TRIPLETIME | 10 | Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 44% | FOODCHAIN | 9 | Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues? |
| 44% | PLAYWITHINAPLAY | 15 | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| 44% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |