| 100% | ACRID | 5 | A group of detectives has right to be strong |
| 51% | ACIDIC | 6 | A group of detectives in charge is sharp |
| 47% | TAKE | 4 | "Don't have to always be right, let me ___ some of the punches" (lyric from a 2005 song) |
| 43% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of them |
| 43% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of these |
| 43% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have 60-Across of them |
| 43% | OWE | 3 | Have a sum of money to be repaid |
| 42% | LIVES | 5 | What a cat is said to have nine of |
| 42% | NINE | 4 | Number of "lives" a cat is said to have |
| 42% | TROUPES | 7 | Word that would seem to be a portmanteau of "traveling groups," but isn't |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be gloomy |
| 42% | LARD | 4 | Boy has right to be fat |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be glum |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be dejected |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be moody |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be sulky |
| 42% | MOROSE | 6 | Elk has right to be sullen |
| 42% | ACID | 4 | Sharp as a group of detectives |
| 41% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 41% | LARGER | 6 | Beer has right to be more sizeable |
| 41% | PRETTIEST | 9 | Most trifling has right to be least ugly |
| 41% | SHORTER | 7 | Assorted others have right to be more terse |
| 40% | FOXES | 5 | A group of them is a skulk |
| 40% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 39% | LIONS | 5 | A group of these is called a pride |
| 39% | APES | 4 | A group of these is called a shrewdness |
| 39% | HIPPOS | 6 | A group of these is called a bloat |
| 39% | OWLS | 4 | A group of these is called a parliament |
| 39% | OTTERS | 6 | A group of them is called a romp |
| 39% | OWLS | 4 | A group of them is called a parliament |