| 100% | POLLEX | 6 | Anatomical term for the first digit of the hand |
| 59% | EPIDERMIS | 9 | Anatomical term for the outer layer of skin |
| 58% | THUMBNAIL | 9 | Keratin covering on the first digit of a hand |
| 57% | OCCIPUT | 7 | Anatomical term for the back of the head |
| 55% | BRUNCH | 6 | Portmanteau term for first two meals of the day |
| 49% | BLIGHTY | 7 | Term for England used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars |
| 49% | STERNUM | 7 | Anatomical term for the breastbone |
| 49% | MANDIBLE | 8 | Anatomical term for the jawbone |
| 49% | AXILLA | 6 | Anatomical term for the armpit |
| 48% | MANDIBLE | 8 | Anatomical term for the lower jaw |
| 48% | OUGHTS | 6 | Possible name for the first decade of the century |
| 47% | SYSTOLIC | 8 | Term for the first (higher) blood pressure number |
| 47% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
| 47% | PATAGIUM | 8 | Term for the gliding membrane of flying squirrels |
| 46% | WISEMEN | 7 | Another term for the three Magi of the Bible: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HOWIWISH | 8 | With 94- and 72-Across, a mnemonic for the first eight digits of [symbol in the middle of the grid] |
| 46% | SNEEZELIKE | 10 | Descriptor for the first part of the three other long answers |
| 46% | LYON | 4 | Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France |
| 46% | YBLENT | 6 | Old term for the past participle of blend |
| 46% | NGUZOSABA | 9 | Swahili term for the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa |
| 46% | BEV | 3 | Abbreviation for the first name of author Cleary |
| 46% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Game of Thrones" actor whose first name is also the term for a baby fox: 2 wds. |
| 46% | UTERI | 5 | Anatomical term for plural of womb |
| 45% | KNOCKON | 7 | Term in rugby for the accidental propelling of a ball from the hands or arms in the direction of the opponents' dead-ball line |
| 45% | HOI | 3 | First part of a two-word rhyming term for "the masses" |
| 45% | ONE | 3 | First digit of pi after the decimal |
| 45% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 45% | ALARM | 5 | First sound of the day, for many |
| 45% | SAT | 3 | First day of the weekend, for short |
| 45% | ALARM | 5 | First sound of the workday, for many |