| 100% | FORMAL | 6 | A __ dinner, where dress and decorum are observed |
| 45% | PAGEANT | 7 | A competition where beauty and talent are judged |
| 45% | QUARRY | 6 | A place where stones and minerals are extracted |
| 45% | CLOSET | 6 | A place where clothes and shoes are kept |
| 44% | BAKERY | 6 | A place where bread and pastries are made and sold |
| 42% | LAB | 3 | Where a coat and safety goggles are worn |
| 42% | BREWERY | 7 | A place where beer is made and sold |
| 42% | VIA | 3 | How and where a route is completed |
| 40% | WANDERINGJEW | 12 | "I'm a rabbi and...um...wait, where was I?" |
| 39% | PROM | 4 | Spring school dance where a king and queen may be crowned |
| 39% | SLEET | 5 | A kind of weather condition where ice pellets are mixed with rain and snow |
| 38% | CALIF | 5 | Where L.A. and S.F. are |
| 37% | GREEN | 5 | Where the hole and flagstick are, on a golf course |
| 37% | KITCHEN | 7 | Part of a house where food is made and stored |
| 37% | NYSE | 4 | Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. |
| 36% | THATSTHETICKET | 14 | "Exactly!" ... and a hint to where 20-, 36- and 43-Across' ending words may be found |
| 36% | COSTUME | 7 | Kind of dress that helps kids act as monsters and is a common sight on Halloween |
| 36% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State where 15-Across was raised on a reservation and went to schools for American Indians |
| 36% | AFTERSHOCK | 10 | Tremor following a quake, and where the last words of the starred answers can be found |
| 36% | SEDERS | 6 | Dinners where “Dayenu” is sung |
| 36% | SOCAL | 5 | Where San Diego and L.A. can be found, informally |
| 35% | REBEL | 5 | Person with a torn dress and whose face is a mess |
| 35% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | A popular social media platform where people share pictures and videos to followers, whose icon is represented by a camera |
| 35% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HAT | 3 | "Home is where you lay your ___," idiom conveying a sense of home based on comfort and not upbringing |
| 35% | BACKROOM | 8 | Where shady deals may be made, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| 35% | OHIO | 4 | Where Athens and Dublin are |
| 35% | INDIANA | 7 | Where Brazil and Angola are |
| 35% | GEORGIA | 7 | Where Rome and Athens are |
| 35% | MONOPOLY | 8 | Where Illinois and Vermont are |