| 100% | COVET | 5 | Be jealous of, as in the Bible |
| 70% | COVET | 5 | Be jealous of, in the Ten Commandments |
| 64% | BEGETS | 6 | Is the father of, in the Bible |
| 60% | SMITE | 5 | Strike firmly, as in the Bible |
| 59% | SMITE | 5 | Strike, as in the Bible |
| 57% | PROPHETS | 8 | Hosea is one of 12 minor __ in the Hebrew Bible |
| 56% | GRAND | 5 | ___ Canyon, iconic location in the USA that was designated as a Natural Wonder of the World by CNN |
| 56% | DEMONS | 6 | In the Bible, these are fallen angels |
| 56% | WELSH | 5 | Language in which "dd" and "ff" are treated as single letters of the alphabet |
| 55% | CANDLE | 6 | "___ in the Wind 1997," charity single by Elton John that was rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales |
| 55% | ESAU | 4 | In the Bible, the eldest son of Isaac |
| 55% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 54% | MOTHER | 6 | In the Bible, how Eve was related to Cain |
| 54% | EGYPT | 5 | Land known in the Bible as Mizraim |
| 54% | IBZAN | 5 | Tenth judge of Israel in the Bible |
| 54% | UNTO | 4 | Frequent follower of said in the Bible |
| 54% | APOP | 4 | Each ... as in the price of balloons? |
| 54% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles is a city in California famed as the center of the nation's film industry |
| 54% | APOC | 4 | Grp. of books in the Bible |
| 54% | REAUMUR | 7 | Scale of temperature in which the boiling point of water is taken as 80º |
| 54% | BIRDS | 5 | There are two, as the expression goes, in each of 16- and 55-Across |
| 54% | ABE | 3 | ___ Edgington (horse depicted in The Horse in Motion, which is widely regarded as a milestone in the development of motion pictures) |
| 54% | BENJAMIN | 8 | In the Bible, he's the youngest son of Jacob |
| 54% | ABRAHAM | 7 | In the Bible, he's the father of many nations |
| 54% | MIRIAM | 6 | In the Bible, the older sister of Moses and Aaron |
| 54% | LADDER | 6 | In the Bible, Jacob dreamt of this stair to heaven |
| 54% | SOLOMON | 7 | In the Bible, King of Israel famous for his wisdom |
| 54% | REAGAN | 6 | Ronald ___, former U.S. President who was selected as the "Time Person of the Year" in 1980 |
| 53% | TURPETH | 7 | Plant of the morning glory family whose root was formerly used in medicine as a mild laxative |
| 53% | PSALM | 5 | Any of 150 in the Bible |