| 100% | DILUTION | 8 | Adding essential oil to a carrier so it's not neat |
| 37% | NOTE | 4 | It's not a lot to jot |
| 36% | HAW | 3 | It's not right to say on a farm |
| 36% | SEAT | 4 | It's not easy to find on a crowded bus |
| 35% | MUST | 4 | "It's not just nice to have, it's a ___ have!" |
| 34% | APOEM | 5 | It's said to be not as lovely as a tree |
| 34% | REDFLAG | 7 | It's flown on a beach to warn swimmers not to swim |
| 34% | ELBOW | 5 | Something it's not mannerly to put on a dinner table |
| 33% | HORNSINON | 9 | Interrupts when it's not one's place to do so |
| 33% | EEYORE | 6 | "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" speaker |
| 33% | EEYORE | 6 | “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker |
| 33% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 32% | ICE | 3 | It turns a drink from neat to not neat |
| 32% | JAR | 3 | "When it's a ___" (answer to the riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 32% | AJAR | 4 | "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?") |
| 32% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | George Eliot novel that's not the contest answer, but provides a hint to it |
| 32% | DRAW | 4 | It adds one point to a soccer team's standing in the English Premier League |
| 31% | EGG | 3 | What's added atop a croque-monsieur to make it a croque-madame |
| 31% | THELITTLETHINGS | 15 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| 31% | BARTAB | 6 | A round may be added to it |
| 31% | BARTAB | 6 | A screwdriver might be added to it |
| 31% | BARTAB | 6 | A sidecar may be added to it |
| 31% | ATM | 3 | Something that most people use, but it's also not tough to go through a withdrawal |
| 31% | SUPER | 5 | Word that's its own synonym when a "b" is added to the end |
| 31% | REPAIR | 6 | To fix a machine so it functions again |
| 31% | CRIME | 5 | It "does not pay," according to a saying |
| 31% | UNTRUTH | 7 | It's not so |
| 30% | TOWBAR | 6 | Device fitted to a car so it can pull a trailer |
| 30% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 30% | ETA | 3 | Adding a "z" to its front forms its preceder |