| 100% | CHEEK | 5 | Blush locale, also a word used with "bone" |
| 71% | FUNNY | 5 | Like someone who cracks good jokes, also a word used with "bone" |
| 70% | JAW | 3 | Mouth part that may "drop" in disbelief, also a word used with "bone" |
| 62% | BACK | 4 | Body part with a spine, also a word used with "bone" |
| 62% | WISH | 4 | What a genie may grant, also a word used with "bone" |
| 54% | COLLAR | 6 | What a shirt has but a tee doesn't, also a word used with "bone" |
| 50% | BRANCH | 6 | Tree "limb" ... and a word used with 17a to signify 50a |
| 50% | OLIVE | 5 | Martini garnish ... and a word used with 19a to signify 50a |
| 50% | POTS | 4 | *Stew vessels ... or a word used with 5d to refer to cookware |
| 50% | SHAKE | 5 | Ice cream drink ... and a word used with 35a to signify 50a |
| 49% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 49% | EVER | 4 | Word used with "more" to make a Taylor Swift album |
| 49% | FLAG | 4 | Nation's "waving" symbol ... and a word used with 23a to signify 50a |
| 48% | POT | 3 | Winnings in Poker, also a word with "belly" or "hole" |
| 48% | BREAD | 5 | *Primary sandwich ingredient ... or a word used with 38d to mean a person's livelihood |
| 47% | PROPER | 6 | *According to etiquette ... or a word used with 42d to mean very formal and well-behaved |
| 47% | SHOWY | 5 | A word used to describe someone who is flamboyant and theatrical (rhymes with "snowy") |
| 47% | SETS | 4 | Movie backdrops, also a word for Tennis units (plural, rhymes with bets) |
| 46% | BUST | 4 | Word used with 6d to refer to a selected player who does not meet expectations |
| 46% | BIRDS | 5 | *Feathered friends ... or a word used with 22d to refer to a child-friendly explanation of human reproduction |
| 45% | HORSE | 5 | Neighing animal ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to a bloodsucking insect |
| 44% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 44% | SLAMDUNK | 8 | Basketball shot, also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
| 44% | AYE | 3 | Word a first mate uses to agree with the captain |
| 44% | EPIC | 4 | A word that means bigger than big, also used to describe a grand-scale story |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Word synonymous with "mimic" which also refers to a human-like primate |
| 42% | THU | 3 | Abbr. for a word also with abbrs. by its first four or first five letters |
| 42% | ALLTIME | 7 | Word used with greats |
| 42% | SEA | 3 | Word used with "weed" |
| 42% | NOR | 3 | Word used with "neither" |