| 100% | RELAX | 5 | Advice - probably ignored - to the guy wearing a track in carpet in the delivery room waiting area |
| 40% | PACE | 4 | Wear out the carpet in the waiting room |
| 38% | PUSHIT | 6 | Midwife's advice to Mom in the delivery room? [Salt-N-Pepa, 1987] |
| 34% | CAP | 3 | Surgical ___, headwear worn in the operating room to maintain sterilization that could be a part of your "Doctor" Halloween costume |
| 33% | PACE | 4 | Wear a hole in the carpet |
| 33% | PACED | 5 | Wore a hole in the carpet |
| 33% | SETHMACFARLANE | 14 | "Family Guy" creator who wore a motion-capture suit to portray the title character in "Ted": 2 wds. |
| 33% | PACE | 4 | Wear a hole in the carpet, say |
| 31% | DELAY | 5 | "There was a ___ in the delivery due to heavy rainfall." (was late) |
| 30% | LOUNGE | 6 | Room in Clue with a secret passage to the Conservatory |
| 30% | STUDY | 5 | Room in the game Clue with a secret passage to the kitchen |
| 29% | STUDY | 5 | Room with a secret passage to the kitchen in the board game Clue |
| 29% | RUG | 3 | Carpet in the drawing room |
| 29% | ENRON | 5 | "___: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (2005 documentary about a major business scandal) |
| 29% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 29% | WARD | 4 | Third ___, area in Houston home to Beyonce or change a letter in 34a to get the answer |
| 29% | DAB | 3 | "___ a wine spill on a carpet quickly and add salt to the area afterwards" |
| 29% | INNERCITY | 9 | Densely populated area, and a hint to the capitals in the starred answers |
| 29% | RENO | 4 | Where the guy in "Folsom Prison Blues" shot a man, according to Cash |
| 29% | GATE | 4 | Area in an airport where you wait to board a plane |
| 28% | PREEMIE | 7 | Early delivery in the delivery room |
| 28% | OBS | 3 | Doctors in the delivery room (Abbr.) |
| 28% | HIDDENGEM | 9 | Masterpiece waiting to be found ... or a hint to the words in the circled letters |
| 27% | ENDZONE | 7 | In American football, the area behind the goals that a ball must cross for a touchdown to be awarded |
| 27% | LINCOLNCENTER | 13 | Home of the Metropolitan Opera ... and a hint to the "honest" guy hiding in 20-, 32- and 45-Across |
| 27% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | "Sicario" actor who wore a motion-capture suit to portray Thanos in the "Avengers" movies: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PACE | 4 | Wear a rut in the rug |
| 27% | PACES | 5 | Wears a rut in the rug |
| 27% | ENDZONE | 7 | Area that sees lots of spikes, in a way...and a feature in each answer to the six starred clues |
| 27% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actress who wore a motion-capture suit to portray Neytiri in "Avatar": 2 wds. |