| 100% | LICENSE | 7 | A permit from an authority to own or use something |
| 41% | REFRAIN | 7 | A song's chorus or to abstain from doing something |
| 41% | OVERRIDE | 8 | Use authority to cancel or veto a decision |
| 40% | USES | 4 | to consume or take something from a limited supply |
| 40% | APP | 3 | Something downloaded to an iPhone or a Droid |
| 39% | DELE | 4 | Notification from an editor or copywriter to signify a required deletion |
| 39% | REMOVE | 6 | To take something away from a place or area |
| 38% | HOOK | 4 | Device used to hang an ornament from a Christmas tree |
| 38% | ESC | 3 | Keyboard key used to exit from a window or program |
| 37% | BROADTAIL | 9 | Fleece or wool from a karakul lamb used to make hats |
| 36% | MRINBETWEEN | 11 | Something to "call me" per an old song … or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 35% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 35% | THATSHOWIROLL | 13 | Nonchalant reply to a compliment, or an apt remark from a 20-, 27-, 35-, or 47-Across |
| 34% | DISINFECT | 9 | Use a product to remove germs from an area |
| 34% | ROGUE | 5 | Code name for a secret agent, that's also used to describe a trickster or an untrustworthy person |
| 33% | CAPITAL | 7 | With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle |
| 33% | BOTTOMLINE | 10 | Upshot, so to speak . . . or something missing from a capital letter in four of this puzzle’s clues? |
| 33% | VENISON | 7 | Meat from an elk or a deer |
| 33% | PRAYER | 6 | An address to God or a deity |
| 33% | HAND | 4 | Body part with fingers ... and something one uses to brush off imaginary dust from their shoulder in a gesture of confidence |
| 33% | PULLQUOTE | 9 | Snippet from an article used as a graphic |
| 32% | LET | 3 | Permit or allow someone to do something |
| 32% | ADDON | 5 | An extension or supplement to something: Hyph. |
| 32% | CONSERVE | 8 | To protect something from harm or destruction |
| 32% | DEMOUNT | 7 | To take something down from a mount |
| 32% | BANANASPLIT | 11 | Something to take in from a boat |
| 32% | HATE | 4 | To dislike something or someone a lot |
| 32% | ENSLAVE | 7 | To make someone or something a drudger |
| 32% | PENCHANT | 8 | A predilection or tendency to do something |