| 100% | RAIL | 4 | Bar of wood, metal, etc. placed horizontally between upright posts to serve as a barrier or support |
| 31% | SLATS | 5 | Long strips of wood or metal for supporting a bed |
| 29% | ROD | 3 | Bar of wood or metal |
| 26% | TRIANGLE | 8 | Bar of metal in a mathematical shape to make music |
| 26% | SLAT | 4 | Piece of wood used as a bed support |
| 26% | SLAT | 4 | Strip of wood used to support a mattress |
| 25% | SOUVENIR | 8 | Things kept as a reminder of a place or event |
| 25% | TEND | 4 | See to, as a bar or a garden |
| 24% | CINEMA | 6 | The art of film, or a place to see a film |
| 24% | TEND | 4 | Serve as a caregiver to |
| 24% | CAFE | 4 | Place in a bookstore to get a cup of coffee or use Wi-Fi |
| 24% | BOARD | 5 | Cake ___, thick piece of material used between tiers to support a cake |
| 24% | MATH | 4 | Subject of debate as to whether or not it’s a science |
| 23% | INTHECROSSHAIRS | 15 | Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle |
| 23% | INSTRUMENTAL | 12 | Serving as a means or influence |
| 23% | RANSACK | 7 | To turn a place upside down in search of valuables, or a way to "plunder" |
| 23% | NOID | 4 | Reason to be barred from a bar ... or the theme of this puzzle |
| 23% | SWITCHPOSITIONS | 15 | Trade places ... or a hint to parts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 23% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 23% | ALT | 3 | Key to the left or right of the space bar on a Windows keyboard |
| 23% | NARRATE | 7 | To give a spoken or written account of something, as with books |
| 23% | TEND | 4 | Take care of, as a bar or a garden |
| 23% | DONE | 4 | Ready to serve, as a meal |
| 23% | FISHTAIL | 8 | Swerve back and forth, as a car's rear end, or a feature of the answer to each starred clue |
| 23% | MINISTERIAL | 11 | Serving as a diplomat below the rank of ambassador |
| 22% | AUTOMATES | 9 | Streamlines, as a factory ... or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are |
| 22% | IMONYOURSIDE | 12 | Words of full support, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 27-, 35- and 48-Across |
| 22% | ERGO | 4 | As a result of or consequently |
| 22% | BALUSTERS | 9 | Upright posts supporting a staircase's handrail |
| 22% | KICKSTARTS | 10 | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |