| 100% | QUACKSLIKEADUCK | 15 | Appears to be just what it is |
| 66% | ILLUSORY | 8 | Not what it appears to be |
| 57% | ONESELF | 7 | What it's usually best to be |
| 55% | SHAMS | 5 | They aren't what they appear to be |
| 54% | WAS | 3 | "I guess it ___ just meant to be" |
| 54% | NORM | 4 | It's what's to be expected |
| 54% | PLACEPLACEAT | 12 | What it's impossible to be in |
| 54% | SIN | 3 | What it is to kill a mockingbird, in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 53% | GLORIFY | 7 | To make something appear grander than it is |
| 53% | SHAM | 4 | Not what it seems to be |
| 53% | GENUINE | 7 | Completely what it claims to be |
| 53% | SORTS | 5 | What it's not good to be out of |
| 53% | BOO | 3 | What it would be a mistake to write twice? |
| 52% | LENGTHENS | 9 | What some mascara will appear to do to your lashes |
| 52% | UFO | 3 | What Venus is sometimes mistaken for, due to its brightness |
| 52% | MEANT | 5 | "I guess it just wasn't ___ to be" |
| 51% | NOSTALGIA | 9 | It "isn't what it used to be," said Simone Signoret |
| 51% | LIT | 3 | What a candle needs to be before it can shed light |
| 51% | PRO | 3 | What Roger Federer is, when it comes to Tennis |
| 51% | SIN | 3 | What it is "to tell a lie" |
| 51% | AMORE | 5 | What it is when "the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" |
| 50% | LAW | 3 | What the bill wants to be, in "I'm Just a Bill" |
| 50% | YMCA | 4 | Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter |
| 49% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 49% | SOFTG | 5 | What "GIF" should be pronounced with, according to its inventor |
| 49% | AGE | 3 | It's said to be "just a number" |
| 48% | GOSEEK | 6 | What "it" is supposed to do |
| 48% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 48% | WASNT | 5 | "It just ___ meant to be" |
| 48% | DNA | 3 | “___ just is. And we dance to its music”: Richard Dawkins |