| 100% | LANINA | 6 | Cause of a dry spell in the Midwest |
| 55% | RUT | 3 | Cause of a bump in the road |
| 55% | NOOSE | 5 | Cause of a pain in the neck |
| 55% | LENSCAP | 7 | Cause of a shot in the dark? |
| 54% | OILGLUT | 7 | Cause of a decrease in the cost of gasoline |
| 53% | POSEIDON | 8 | Cause of a ten-year delay in the Odyssey |
| 50% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried fruit in the title of a Lorraine Hansberry play |
| 49% | REDRUM | 6 | Backwards spelling of a nasty word in The Shining |
| 48% | AMORE | 5 | Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in song |
| 46% | KALAMAZOO | 9 | Midwest city in the title of a 1942 Glenn Miller #1 hit |
| 45% | BANANAPEEL | 10 | Cause of a slip, in slapstick |
| 45% | TNT | 3 | Cause of a blowup, in brief |
| 45% | RASHES | 6 | Sores on the skin, often reddish in color, that cause a lot of itching |
| 44% | ICECREAM | 8 | *Foundation ingredient of a treat built upward in the answers to starred clues and spelled downward in the circles |
| 44% | VICTORY | 7 | Cause of a column, in ancient Rome |
| 44% | ICING | 5 | Cause of a delay in a plane's takeoff |
| 43% | AIRPOCKET | 9 | Cause of a sudden drop in altitude |
| 43% | ASP | 3 | Cause of a dramatic death in Shakespeare |
| 43% | PELLAGRA | 8 | Deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid in the diet |
| 43% | PEA | 3 | Cause of a princess's insomnia, in a fairy tale |
| 43% | ASTEROID | 8 | It causes the end of the world in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" |
| 43% | DST | 3 | Cause of a lost hour in March: Abbr. |
| 43% | ONION | 5 | Cause of tears in the kitchen |
| 43% | GFORCE | 6 | Cause of "fainting in the air" |
| 43% | ONION | 5 | Cause of crying in the kitchen |
| 43% | HOUSE | 5 | Not a dry eye in the ___ |
| 43% | UNLIT | 5 | In the midst of a blackout |
| 43% | SOBERLY | 7 | In the manner of a judge |
| 43% | TIMIDLY | 7 | In the manner of a milquetoast |
| 43% | AMID | 4 | In the middle of a crowd |