| 100% | TATER | 5 | ___ tots, dish invented in the 1950s to solve the issue of potato left-overs |
| 34% | TAB | 3 | The key to the left of Q in a keyboard |
| 33% | RECOUNT | 7 | To go over the number of votes in an election again |
| 33% | IDID | 4 | Possible response to "Who left dishes in the sink?" |
| 33% | DROODLE | 7 | Humorous "what is this a picture of?" sketch invented by Roger Price in the 1950s |
| 32% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |
| 31% | TEA | 3 | Item that Kenya exported to the tune of over a billion pounds in 2019 |
| 31% | KEN | 3 | Name to the left of Watson on Jeopardy! in 2011 |
| 30% | COOL | 4 | Leave in the freezer to ___ |
| 30% | FORK | 4 | Utensil to the left of the plate in a standard table setting |
| 30% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | ARIA | 4 | Type of song referred to in the saying "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" |
| 30% | LEA | 3 | Michele who’s slated to take over as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” |
| 30% | RABIN | 5 | Figure to the left of Clinton in a famous 1993 photo-op handshake |
| 30% | LEG | 3 | In cricket, the side of the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler |
| 30% | PINKO | 5 | Suspiciously left, in the 1950s |
| 30% | JUNE | 4 | * ___ Cleaver, mother to Wally and Theodore in the 1950s sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" |
| 30% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Line of numbers from the top left to bottom right, in an algebraic matrix |
| 29% | REMAINDER | 9 | In mathematics, the number that is left over |
| 29% | FUAD | 4 | King of Egypt in the 1950s |
| 29% | SHORTSTOP | 9 | Fielding position in baseball to the left of second base viewed from the home plate |
| 29% | SMORE | 5 | Dish invented in the 1920s that has become the most popular camping treat |
| 29% | IDIOM | 5 | Figure of speech ... and a synonym of the puzzle's alternate title, spelled left to right in the circled squares |
| 29% | MODELUN | 7 | In which high schoolers try to solve global issues |
| 29% | PIES | 4 | Dishes served in the final scene of "Titus Andronicus" |
| 29% | DENIAL | 6 | In ___ (unable to acknowledge the truth of a situation) |
| 29% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 29% | CAKE | 4 | Chiffon ___, dish invented in the 1920s that replaced butter with vegetable oil |
| 29% | MSG | 3 | Additive synthesized in an attempt to replicate the taste of kombu: abbr. |
| 29% | COKE | 4 | "Sign of Good Taste" advertiser, in the 1950s |