| 100% | LEOPARD | 7 | According to Isaiah, it "shall lie down with the kid" |
| 43% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 39% | SOFTG | 5 | What "GIF" should be pronounced with, according to its inventor |
| 39% | FARE | 4 | It's figured according to the 14-Down |
| 39% | CURIOSITY | 9 | According to the proverb, it killed the cat |
| 38% | HIP | 3 | Down with what the kids are into these days |
| 38% | SLED | 4 | (4/10) "Keeping with the sports theme, the next item to purchase is a snow ___ that you can ride down the slopes with your kids!" |
| 38% | CAESARSALAD | 11 | Entree meant to be eaten with the fingers, according to its creator |
| 37% | BULLET | 6 | To get it over with, bite the __ |
| 37% | SALT | 4 | *Brrr* Take an ice cube, lay a thread on it, and drop a pinch of ___ to pick the cube with just the thread! |
| 37% | AVERAGEAGE | 10 | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's 63 for retirement |
| 36% | AARP | 4 | Org. with the motto "The power to make it better" |
| 36% | END | 3 | Stick with it to the bitter ___ |
| 36% | STARTREK | 8 | TV show with the most spinoffs, according to the Guinness Book |
| 36% | LOVE | 4 | “A smoke made with the fume of sighs,” according to Romeo |
| 36% | MAE | 3 | West with the autobiography "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" |
| 36% | PESSIMIST | 9 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Down clues |
| 36% | EVERYMOTHERSSON | 15 | Group with the 1967 hit "Come On Down to My Boat" |
| 36% | DCON | 4 | Pest bait brand with the slogan "Mice love it to death" |
| 36% | URL | 3 | It is seen in the clue to 21 Down |
| 36% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 36% | TOAST | 5 | It might end with "Here's to the newlyweds!" |
| 35% | SOAPSTONE | 9 | It is not possible to do the washing with it |
| 35% | CROUCH | 6 | To get low to the ground; it rhymes with slouch |
| 35% | PUTTER | 6 | It helps when you get down to the short strokes |
| 35% | SLANG | 5 | It’s hard to keep up with on the Internet |
| 35% | WRONGNUMBER | 11 | The Cure song with a "ring" to it (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HEMLINE | 7 | It moves up and down with the fashion |
| 35% | FAMILYGAMENIGHT | 15 | Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played |
| 35% | CREEP | 5 | #1 TLC hit with the lyric "Just keep it on the down low" |