| 100% | PHASE | 5 | Bad period that a parent hopes a child will grow out of |
| 39% | BOYHOOD | 7 | Period of being a boy, as a child |
| 39% | ICE | 3 | Cubes that are left out of a "neat" cocktail |
| 38% | DART | 4 | Small missile that might be blown out of a blowgun |
| 38% | BLEMISH | 7 | Small flaw that might be airbrushed out of a photo |
| 38% | UPROOTED | 8 | Like a tree that has been lifted out of the ground |
| 37% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 37% | ESC | 3 | Key that will get you out of a window |
| 36% | FAKEID | 6 | Something that might be nervously pulled out of a wallet |
| 36% | ITSJUSTAPHASE | 13 | "They'll grow out of that" … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle |
| 36% | FOLLICLE | 8 | Small cavity in the skin that a hair grows out of |
| 36% | OFFSTAGE | 8 | Action that is out of sight of a play's audience |
| 36% | STAIN | 5 | Spot that could be tough to get out of a shirt |
| 36% | AMP | 3 | Device that would be out of place at a chamber music concert |
| 36% | EXECUTRIX | 9 | Female that carries out terms of a will |
| 35% | ERA | 3 | Period of time that may be named for a king or queen |
| 35% | BACKORDERED | 11 | Like goods that are temporarily out of stock ... or a hint, alphabetically, to the answers to the starred clues |
| 34% | ANT | 3 | Household sighting that one hopes is just a speck of dirt |
| 33% | TOPHAT | 6 | A rabbit is pulled out of it during a magic show |
| 33% | GETREADYWITHME | 14 | Genre of TikTok video that might be filmed while preparing for a night out |
| 33% | REDS | 4 | M&M's that were removed from 1976 to 1987 out of a health concern for a coloring dye |
| 33% | HAT | 3 | A rabbit may be pulled out of one |
| 33% | PLANT | 5 | What grows out of a seed |
| 33% | BOYHOOD | 7 | 2014 film that depicts Mason Evans Jr. growing up over a period of 12 years |
| 32% | RIN | 3 | Old Japanese coin taken out of circulation in 1953 that was equal to one twentieth of a cent in 1904 |
| 32% | CHAOS | 5 | Controlled ___, oxymoron used to describe a situation that seems to be out of control but has some factors in control |
| 32% | EMO | 3 | Genre that grew out of hardcore punk |
| 32% | STRAPPEDFORCASH | 15 | Something that you've placed over your shoulder in the hope that it will somehow drag you out of the hole? |
| 32% | TEE | 3 | A free one might be shot out of a cannon |
| 32% | WHISKERS | 8 | Hairs that grow out of animal's snout |