| 100% | POI | 3 | Balance and grace in a person: ___se |
| 53% | VOICES | 6 | Sounds produced in a person's larynx and emitted |
| 49% | POCKETED | 8 | Stolen, taken and hidden in a person's clothes |
| 49% | CAPTAIN | 7 | Person in charge of a starship and crew |
| 48% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in southwest Nigeria and Benin |
| 48% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in SW Nigeria and Benin |
| 48% | MONGOL | 6 | Person in a 13th- and 14th-century Asian empire |
| 48% | FOODIES | 7 | People with a strong interest in cooking and dining |
| 47% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the W Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 47% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 47% | TILER | 5 | Person on hands and knees in a bathroom, perhaps |
| 46% | ROLEO | 5 | Competition in which people balance on a log |
| 45% | EDITOR | 6 | Person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text |
| 44% | LOLA | 4 | Person in a Kinks song who "walks like a woman and talks like a man" |
| 44% | LOLA | 4 | Person in a Kinks song who "walked like a woman and talked like a man" |
| 44% | ATONESFEET | 10 | In a person's immediate vicinity |
| 44% | FAITH | 5 | Trust in a person |
| 44% | SUSU | 4 | Member of a West African people living chiefly in Guinea and Sierra Leone |
| 44% | WALLAH | 6 | Hindustani suffix meaning a person involved in an activity and that can follow punka, dabba, ricksha or chai |
| 43% | EGO | 3 | The "I" in a person |
| 43% | FAITH | 5 | Total trust in a person |
| 43% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in north Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 43% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 43% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 43% | NEWWORLDORDER | 13 | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 43% | EXECUTOR | 8 | Appointee in a person's will |
| 43% | AORTA | 5 | Trunk in a person's trunk |
| 42% | YERBA | 5 | ___ mate, traditionally consumed as a drink in Paraguay and originally used by the Guaraní people |
| 42% | EVENLY | 6 | In a balanced manner |
| 42% | JOHNNYONTHESPOT | 15 | Person who's ready and able to help ... or a literal description of four occurrences in this puzzle |