| 100% | VOTES | 5 | 9-Down and 119-Down are opposite ones |
| 49% | BALDRIC | 7 | Belt for a sword worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip |
| 49% | TOPSHELF | 8 | Where one with discerning taste might look for liquor . . . and where it can be found in 4-, 6-, 9-, and 11-Down |
| 45% | PARADOX | 7 | What 3- and 9-Down are an example of |
| 45% | PIRATES | 7 | Blackbeard and Captain Kidd were famous ones |
| 45% | HANGINGAROUND | 13 | Loitering ... or how 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-Down might be seen? |
| 44% | SAVANNA | 7 | 3 Down is one |
| 44% | GRESCORES | 9 | 170 in Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning are top ones |
| 44% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 43% | SINS | 4 | Sloth and 21-Across are deadly ones |
| 43% | EWER | 4 | One whose mouth and lip may be painted |
| 42% | EARTHS | 6 | Cerium and samarium are rare ones |
| 42% | STRIPS | 6 | Peanuts and Garfield are comic ones |
| 42% | IQS | 3 | 130 and 140 are high ones |
| 42% | FEARS | 5 | Heights and spiders are common ones |
| 42% | OATHS | 5 | "Darn!" and "Dagnabbit!" are mild ones |
| 42% | LASTNAMES | 9 | Smith, Williams, and Brown are popular ones |
| 42% | HABITS | 6 | Nail-biting and smoking are bad ones |
| 42% | DALES | 5 | Ups and downs are hills and these |
| 42% | ELECTRICCAR | 11 | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 42% | STS | 3 | Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr. |
| 42% | ELEMENT | 7 | Oxygen, gold and calcium are each one |
| 42% | ACROSS | 6 | Crossword clues can be down and this |
| 42% | ITSNOTTHATDEEP | 14 | "You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down? |
| 42% | NUT | 3 | One might be bolted down |
| 42% | BED | 3 | One might be turned down |
| 41% | DUDEWHERESMYCAR | 15 | 2000 stoner comedy whose title is a hint to 3-, 6-, and 9-Down |
| 41% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 41% | TEAM | 4 | North Korea and South Korea will form one for the Winter Olympics |
| 41% | STRIPES | 7 | Zebras are covered in black and white ones |