| 100% | INREM | 5 | Against a thing rather than a person, legally |
| 54% | INREM | 5 | Against a thing, legally |
| 52% | INREM | 5 | Directed against a thing, legally |
| 49% | HUMANISM | 8 | Belief system based on persons rather than a deity |
| 47% | DABBLE | 6 | Be a dilettante, rather than focusing on just one thing |
| 45% | ZONEDEFENSE | 11 | Basketball strategy where each person guards an area of the court, rather than a specific player |
| 42% | INREM | 5 | Against a thing, to a judge |
| 42% | TYPE | 4 | Use a keyboard rather than a pencil |
| 42% | INREM | 5 | Against a thing, at law |
| 40% | ART | 3 | "A veil, rather than a mirror," per Oscar Wilde |
| 40% | OBJECTIFY | 9 | Treat as less than a person |
| 39% | STATUE | 6 | A carved figure of a person, animal or thing |
| 39% | STATIC | 6 | Motionless electrical charge rather than a current |
| 39% | ARGUED | 6 | Presented reasons for or against a thing |
| 39% | NOUN | 4 | A person, place, or thing |
| 38% | PITCHER | 7 | Rather than a solo glass, order this for the table |
| 38% | TREAT | 5 | At Halloween, the thing other than a trick |
| 38% | COUNTERSPY | 10 | Person working against a 39 Across |
| 38% | DEVELOPER | 9 | A person or thing that innovates |
| 38% | TEEN | 4 | Person a bit older than 12 |
| 38% | ROADRACE | 8 | Running event held on streets rather than a track |
| 37% | PRIORI | 6 | A __: based on deduction rather than experience |
| 37% | HONORARY | 8 | A nominal title conferred, rather than earned |
| 37% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Person legally responsible for overseeing a will |
| 37% | SADIST | 6 | Person with a thing for humiliation, maybe |
| 37% | EPONYM | 6 | Person for whom a thing is named |
| 37% | PAYCASH | 7 | Use paper money rather than a credit card: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HOMEBREW | 8 | Beer made in someone's house rather than a factory |
| 37% | REPUBLIC | 8 | State ruled by an elected leader rather than a monarch |
| 37% | MELT | 4 | Patty ___ (cheeseburger using slices of bread rather than a bun) |