| 100% | ETSEQ | 5 | And what follows, in legal memos |
| 56% | ETSEQ | 5 | "And what follows," in footnotes |
| 51% | APRES | 5 | What follows in France |
| 50% | INRE | 4 | As to, in legal memos |
| 49% | INRE | 4 | Regarding, in legal memos |
| 45% | END | 3 | What follows both the living and dead? |
| 45% | REBIRTH | 7 | What follows death in the samsara cycle |
| 45% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes |
| 44% | PRECEDENT | 9 | In legal terms, an example that is then followed |
| 43% | ETSEQ | 5 | And the following, in footnotes: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROCKANDROLL | 11 | Genre with a Hall of Fame in Cleveland … or what can follow the respective halves of 17-, 33- and 40-Across |
| 43% | BOLT | 4 | What often follows thunder and lightning |
| 43% | WITH | 4 | What can follow here and there |
| 43% | AIR | 3 | What we breathe in and out |
| 43% | AIR | 3 | What you breathe in and out |
| 42% | BACKSTREETS | 11 | Springsteen song, and what's contained in the circles |
| 42% | ARIA | 4 | What might follow a recitative, in music |
| 42% | TIGER | 5 | What Hobbes is, in "Calvin and Hobbes" |
| 42% | WATERLEVEL | 10 | What rises and falls in a lake |
| 42% | CALCIUM | 7 | What milk and yogurt are rich in |
| 42% | CAPS | 4 | What OPEC and NATO are both in? |
| 42% | ALL | 3 | What's fair in love and war? |
| 42% | MEALS | 5 | What "board" means in "room and board" |
| 42% | TEA | 3 | What "chai" means in Urdu and Hindi |
| 41% | FAKENEWS | 8 | Inaccurate information, and what the starred answers have in common |
| 41% | INCLINEDPLANE | 13 | Ramp, and what's found in each set of circles |
| 41% | CROPSUP | 7 | Arises, and what's seen four times in this puzzle |
| 41% | STRETCHEDTHIN | 13 | Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles |
| 41% | SHEETS | 6 | What rain and paper towels may come in |
| 41% | RACE | 4 | What the tortoise and the hare participated in |