| 100% | HAPPILYEVERAFT | 14 | Always glad to be seated in the back of the boat? |
| 48% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Prophet believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 47% | AFT | 3 | To the back of a boat |
| 46% | RETINAL | 7 | Related to nerves in the back of the eye |
| 46% | AFT | 3 | Back of the boat, to a sailor |
| 46% | RID | 3 | "I'll be glad to get ___ of it" ("It's going in the trash") |
| 46% | HAT | 3 | A glengarry is one in the shape of a boat |
| 45% | MOTOR | 5 | Attachment to the back of a boat |
| 44% | SADDLES | 7 | Seats fastened to the backs of horses |
| 44% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 43% | KNIFED | 6 | __ in the back, is to be traitorously betrayed |
| 43% | EYES | 4 | What some teachers claim to have in the backs of their heads |
| 43% | MARATSA{FIN} | 12 | First Russian to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 43% | GIB | 3 | It was ceded to Brit. in the Treaty of Utrecht |
| 43% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who wouldn't move to the back of the bus in 1955 |
| 42% | WARY | 4 | "It's always advisable to be ___ of the unknown." |
| 42% | OLYMPUS | 7 | Mountain in Greece, thought to be home of the gods |
| 42% | OREGON | 6 | State revealed to be home of The Simpsons in 2012 |
| 42% | LADYDI | 6 | She was on the cover of back-to-back issues of Time in September 1997 |
| 42% | JERUSALEM | 9 | It would be "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord," to Isaiah |
| 41% | SAUNA | 5 | Place to be in the hot seat? |
| 41% | ENVIES | 6 | Wishes to be in the shoes of |
| 41% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 41% | MELON | 5 | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit cup |
| 41% | FLESH | 5 | "I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of ___": Sylvia Plath |
| 41% | GANDHI | 6 | Who said "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" |
| 41% | KAUAI | 5 | Hawaiian island that is home to Waimea Canyon which was used in the filming of "Jurassic Park" |
| 41% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 41% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | PIG | 3 | Farm animal considered to be one of the smartest mammals in the world |