| 100% | WATERMARK | 9 | Can be found on a boat or a sheet of paper |
| 52% | LABEL | 5 | Paper wrapper on a jar or can of food |
| 49% | AUTOS | 5 | A lot of them can be found on a lot |
| 48% | BLINDS | 6 | Window covers, can be on a roller or made of slats |
| 47% | COMB | 4 | Hair implement that can be covered with a sheet of tissue paper to create a makeshift kazoo |
| 47% | SPOT | 4 | Small round shape that can be part of a pattern, such as on a ladybird or leopard |
| 46% | BACKUPSINGER | 12 | One helping in a band ... or what can be found in each set of circled letters? |
| 46% | KEYBOARD | 8 | Letter pad on computers; can be found on a piano |
| 46% | AHEADOFTIME | 11 | Early, or a hint to where each half of each starred answer can be found |
| 46% | SPADE | 5 | It can be found in a garden or in a deck |
| 46% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 45% | SKIPPINGTOWN | 12 | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 45% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 45% | REEL | 4 | Videos or photos can be recorded on a ___ |
| 45% | SPIGOT | 6 | Item that can be part of a turn-off or turn-on event |
| 45% | SIDESALAD | 9 | Dish that may accompany a main course, and what can be found at the start of 17-, 25-, 38-, or 53-Across? |
| 44% | HOCKEY | 6 | Can be played on ice or a field |
| 44% | NED | 3 | Can be a nickname of Edward or Edmund |
| 44% | PLANK | 5 | Flat piece of wood that can be found on pirate ships |
| 44% | BANDWIDTH | 9 | The amount of data that can be moved on a network |
| 44% | TAPS | 4 | Link to this solo (and a copy of the words, too) can be found on the Army Study Guide website |
| 43% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 43% | CHIPS | 5 | Salty potato snacks that can be found in a bag of Lays |
| 43% | ALE | 3 | Bar order that could be either in a bottle or on tap |
| 43% | III | 3 | It can be found right on a clock |
| 43% | NAN | 3 | Word that can be a type of flatbread or a woman's nickname |
| 42% | EAR | 3 | There can be a ring in it or on it |
| 42% | CALL | 4 | It could be long-distance or collect, on a landline |
| 42% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 42% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |