| 100% | BILLION | 7 | 1 person in every 2 __ will live to be over 116 |
| 47% | AIDS | 4 | There are over 1.2 million people in the US who are living with this disease, 1 in 8 of them don't know they have it yet |
| 43% | JACKIESTILES | 12 | 2016 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who was the first Division I player to score over 1,000 points in a season: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PIANOMAN | 8 | Person who was asked to "sing us a song tonight" in a Billy Joel hit: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDBYRD | 11 | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MILLION | 7 | 1 in every 4 __ lobsters are blue |
| 37% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 37% | VARIABLE | 8 | In the answers to 17-, 34- and 57-Across, it was replaced in turn by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... |
| 37% | PROCESS | 7 | People are entitled to due __ in court |
| 36% | HABITABLE | 9 | Fit to be lived in |
| 36% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Person not to be messed with, in song |
| 36% | EXCON | 5 | Person who used to be in jail: Hyph. |
| 36% | POSTRACIAL | 10 | Like a society in which people are said to be colorblind |
| 36% | USUALSUSPECT | 12 | Person likely to be involved in a particular situation |
| 35% | EXILE | 5 | What many are forced to live in |
| 35% | OBITS | 5 | Column people are dying to appear in? |
| 35% | INBEEPARK | 9 | South Korean golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from June to October 2015: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANGEL | 5 | Guardian ___ (spirit that is believed to watch over a person or place) |
| 35% | ALIE | 4 | Living ___ (pretending to be something you're not): 2 wds. |
| 35% | OTT | 3 | To say something is over-exaggerated, in texting shorthand: Abbr. |
| 35% | THEPAST | 7 | What a nostalgic person may be living in |
| 35% | BLACKJACK | 9 | Activity in which people ask to be hit |
| 35% | PHOTOOPS | 8 | Situations in which people volunteer to be captured? |
| 35% | GLORIASTUART | 12 | "The Invisible Man" and "Titanic" actress who lived to be 100: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "Lust for Life" and "Spartacus" actor who lived to be 103: 2 wds. |
| 35% | POOR | 4 | According to The World Bank, in 2015, 734 million people were this, a change from 1990's figure of 1.9 billion |
| 35% | VOTER | 5 | Every US citizen over 18 has the right to be one |
| 35% | LIBRARIAN | 9 | Person urges you to be quiet in a place with books |
| 34% | PAROLEHEARING | 13 | Meeting in which one person is anxious to leave |
| 34% | LLEYTONHEWITT | 13 | Australian tennis player who, at 20, was the youngest man to be ranked #1 in singles: 2 wds. |