| 100% | VERITY | 6 | A true principle or belief |
| 58% | CREED | 5 | System of principles or beliefs |
| 57% | TENET | 5 | Principle, doctrine, or belief held as a truth |
| 54% | TENET | 5 | Core principle or belief, say |
| 48% | TAO | 3 | Chinese principle or a grain in reverse |
| 48% | ILLUSION | 8 | An idea or belief that isn't true |
| 46% | WORSHIPONEGOD | 13 | A principle belief of the Sikh religion |
| 46% | CREDO | 5 | A philosophy, or set of principles |
| 46% | CREDENCE | 8 | Belief in or acceptance of something as true |
| 44% | TENET | 5 | Core belief, like a set of principles |
| 44% | ABJURING | 8 | Solemnly renouncing a belief, cause or claim |
| 44% | FAITHFUL | 8 | Staying true to a spouse or ideology |
| 43% | ADHERENTS | 9 | Followers of a religion or set of beliefs |
| 43% | DOCTRINE | 8 | Set of beliefs of a church or political party |
| 41% | TENET | 5 | Guiding belief, or the title of a John David Washington movie |
| 40% | DEBUNK | 6 | To disprove a theory or belief |
| 40% | FIDELITY | 8 | Faithfulness to a person or belief |
| 39% | HOLYTRINITY | 11 | Central Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across |
| 39% | ANSWER | 6 | True or false, on a true/false test |
| 39% | THEORIST | 8 | A proposer of ideas or beliefs to explain things |
| 39% | FRIENDSTOTHEEND | 15 | True buds, and a hint to the last three or four letters of each starred answer |
| 38% | DOCTRINE | 8 | System of thoughts or beliefs |
| 38% | STEAL | 5 | A true bargain |
| 37% | PRECEPTS | 8 | Principles or general rules |
| 37% | TRADITION | 9 | Long-established custom or belief |
| 36% | LAYITALLOUTTHERE | 16 | Confess one’s true feelings … or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| 36% | ASABOVE | 7 | With 41-Across, philosophical principle in which Earth mirrors heaven … or a hint to the shaded squares |
| 36% | LOYALTO | 7 | A true supporter of (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TENET | 5 | Palindromic principle or doctrine |
| 36% | CONCEPT | 7 | Broad principle or thought |