| 100% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Bottom-of-page area for extra info or citation |
| 43% | SOHO | 4 | Area of London or Manhattan, for short |
| 41% | FOOTNOTES | 9 | Citations at the bottom of a page |
| 41% | FOOT | 4 | Bottom of page |
| 38% | FOOTER | 6 | Information at bottom of page |
| 38% | FOLIO | 5 | Manuscript page, or suffix with "port" for an art student's collection of work |
| 37% | DOT | 3 | Bottom of an "!" or "?" |
| 37% | FOOTERS | 7 | Identifying lines at the bottoms of pages |
| 37% | OVER | 4 | Bottom of the page directive |
| 36% | BREAKABLES | 10 | Extra-care items for movers ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 28-, 44- and 49-Across |
| 36% | SOLE | 4 | Bottom of a shoe or foot |
| 36% | SITES | 5 | Areas for construction or building grounds |
| 36% | DATEANDTIME | 11 | Invitation info ... or two alternate endings for the starts of the answers to 18-Across, 10-Down and 24-Down |
| 35% | BASE | 4 | Bottom of a mountain or a statue |
| 35% | BEA | 3 | Agcy. of the DOC responsible for obtaining stats. such as the GNP and GDI or regional and industry info |
| 35% | INFIELD | 7 | Area for six of the nine baseball positions |
| 34% | CULINARY | 8 | Of or for cooking |
| 34% | GALLEY | 6 | Area for food preparation on a ship or plane |
| 34% | CONT | 4 | Abbr. at the bottom of a page |
| 34% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the bottom of a page |
| 34% | POET | 4 | Browning of pages of verse, for example |
| 34% | ELLEN | 5 | Page or Pompeo of acting |
| 34% | ALAN | 4 | Page or Ameche of football |
| 34% | SOHO | 4 | Area of London or Manhattan |
| 34% | PLAYINGFIELD | 12 | Area of ground for sport |
| 34% | KNOTS | 5 | Area of expertise for sailors |
| 34% | AIRFIELD | 8 | Area of land for planes |
| 33% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | It comes at the bottom of a page |
| 33% | OVER | 4 | Word at the bottom of a page, perhaps |
| 33% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Explanation printed at the bottom of the page |