| 100% | UNCLEARPOWER | 12 | Authority that's not spelled out in the Constitution? |
| 51% | LATETAG | 7 | Infield play that’s not quite in time to get the runner out |
| 45% | HAND | 4 | Poker holding ... like the one spelled out in the letters that cut this puzzle's circled cards |
| 45% | SOS | 3 | Message spelled out in the sand, sometimes |
| 45% | LIEDETECTORTEST | 15 | Procedure that is actually not that accurate in finding out the truth |
| 44% | OVERT | 5 | Out in the open, not concealed |
| 44% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 43% | YMCA | 4 | Village People song whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 43% | RESPECT | 7 | #1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics |
| 43% | RESPECT | 7 | 1967 #1 hit whose title is spelled out in the lyric |
| 43% | GLORIA | 6 | Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus |
| 42% | CONCEALED | 9 | Not out in the open |
| 42% | INSIDE | 6 | Not out in the rain |
| 42% | PEDI | 4 | Spa treatment that's not for the ticklish, in brief |
| 42% | SUMO | 4 | Popular spectator sport that's not in the Olympics |
| 42% | UFO | 3 | Something in the sky that's not been recognized |
| 40% | SIDEDOOR | 8 | Way in that's not the front or the back |
| 40% | ZETA | 4 | Letter that's sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last |
| 40% | NAE | 3 | US org. that advised in 1971 that the Port Authority of NY and NJ not construct additional runways at JFK airport |
| 39% | SOCK | 4 | What may not come out in the wash? |
| 39% | SOCK | 4 | One might not come out in the wash |
| 39% | UFO | 3 | Anomaly in the sky that is not identifiable |
| 39% | NOX | 3 | Magical spell in "Harry Potter" that extinguishes the light in one's wand |
| 39% | MESA | 4 | Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat |
| 39% | VAR | 3 | Spelling of a word that's not the usual: Abbr. |
| 39% | FIELDER | 7 | Baseball player in the side that is not batting |
| 39% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 39% | STU | 3 | Name spelled out in "The Alphabet Song" |
| 39% | DISK | 4 | Floppy ___, storage device that's still the symbol for "save" despite not being in popular use |
| 39% | RECEIVER | 8 | Landline telephone part that's still the symbol for "call" despite not being in popular use |