| 100% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Actions, items that are against the law |
| 69% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Prohibited, or something that is against the law |
| 64% | CRIME | 5 | An action that's against the law |
| 58% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Being against the law |
| 53% | BAGS | 4 | Items that are checked at the airport |
| 52% | OFFENDS | 7 | Does something that's against the law |
| 50% | CHIA | 4 | ___ Pet (novelty item that was popular in the 1980s) |
| 50% | CDS | 3 | Items that were sold at records stores starting in the 1980s: Abbr. |
| 50% | URN | 3 | Item that inspired the words "Beauty is truth" |
| 48% | ETAS | 4 | Items that the Amtrak website will tell you, in brief |
| 48% | EGGSHELLPAINT | 13 | Easter item that the woman is going to decorate |
| 48% | BRA | 3 | Lingerie item that may be closed from the front |
| 47% | OPPONENTS | 9 | The others that one is competing against |
| 47% | BASEHIT | 7 | Item that will ruin the pitcher's day when he's perfect heading into the ninth |
| 47% | SOFA | 4 | Living room item that is the centerpiece for lounging and relaxing in your home |
| 46% | KEY | 3 | Port ___, item that is used to transport people to locations in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 46% | RAZORS | 6 | Bathroom items that might be confiscated by the T.S.A. |
| 46% | POLOSHIRTS | 10 | Clothing items that (despite the name) were originally designed for tennis |
| 46% | OUGHT | 5 | "There ___ to be a law against that!" |
| 46% | KEYS | 4 | Typically lost items that are "found" in the starts of 16-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across |
| 46% | SPAREKEY | 8 | Item that might be hidden under a fake rock in the garden (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BUN | 3 | Burger ___, bread item that can be seen in the Burger King logo |
| 45% | LEVEE | 5 | Item up the Mississippi that USACE might be concerned about |
| 45% | SCISSORS | 8 | The item that beats paper but is blunted by stone |
| 45% | TENBUCKS | 8 | Cost of an item that was originally $20 but is now on the half-price rack: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RAGE | 4 | ___ Against the Machine, "Bulls on Parade" rock band that was set to reunite in 2020 |
| 44% | BAR | 3 | Energy ___, item that can be a quick breakfast on the go on busy days |
| 44% | ILLEGAL | 7 | Against the law |
| 44% | ILLICIT | 7 | Against the law |