| 100% | CHOP | 4 | About to jump at some meat |
| 45% | NEAR | 4 | About to arrive at |
| 42% | FATTENUP | 8 | Add some meat to the bones |
| 38% | SLEEPON | 7 | Take some time to think about |
| 38% | GAGGLE | 6 | Joke about leg to some geese |
| 37% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 37% | RAVE | 4 | To excitedly talk at length about something, also a party |
| 37% | OMELET | 6 | Dish made to order at some breakfast buffets |
| 36% | INKSTANDS | 9 | Meat lovers have taken to buying sausages at booths known as ...
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| 36% | AHAMFORALLSEASONS | 17 | Play about meat that's good to eat anytime? |
| 36% | AIRS | 4 | What some put on to feel better about themselves |
| 36% | ALTOSTRATUS | 11 | Cloud at heights of about one to five miles |
| 36% | GOOGLEIMAGES | 12 | Head off to stare at some pictures? (3 wds.) |
| 36% | FEE | 3 | At Mar-a-Lago, this doubled in 2017 to about $200,000 |
| 36% | TUNE | 4 | Some find it hard to carry, though it weighs nothing at all |
| 35% | THENEIGHWEWERE | 14 | Movie about horses that's sure to stirrup some emotions? |
| 35% | THECATTHATSITS | 14 | Start of a Mark Twain quote about jumping to conclusions |
| 35% | IMDUE | 5 | "My luck has to change at some point" |
| 35% | PROWLER | 7 | Person who creeps about at night and up to no good |
| 35% | PANDAS | 6 | Stuffed critters given to some medal winners at the Beijing Olympics |
| 35% | BEAR | 4 | Boo-boo ___, Hanna-Barbera character known for his kind nature ... maybe just the sort to jump at a gentle "boo" |
| 34% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 34% | UNDERWATER | 10 | Mortgaged to the hilt and then some ... and where it's at |
| 33% | POISED | 6 | About to |
| 33% | SPAM | 4 | Annoying messages that would at least be apt if they were about canned meat |
| 32% | AFAR | 4 | At some distance |
| 32% | ONEDAY | 6 | At some point |
| 32% | ONCE | 4 | At some point |
| 32% | FAR | 3 | At some distance |
| 32% | LATERON | 7 | At some point |