| 100% | CRANE | 5 | Center of a Venn diagram for "Birds" and "Construction equipment" |
| 73% | CALF | 4 | Center of a Venn diagram for "Baby animals" and "Parts of the human body" |
| 57% | OVERLAP | 7 | Center of a Venn diagram |
| 43% | SUN | 3 | *Star at the center of our solar system, and a bright name for a newspaper |
| 40% | YELLOWHAMMER | 12 | State bird of (and a nickname for) Alabama |
| 38% | CUBANO | 6 | Sandwich at the center of a long-running rivalry between Miami and Tampa |
| 37% | BARK | 4 | What fills the Venn diagram of "dog" and "dogwood" |
| 37% | UCLA | 4 | Home of a medical center named for Ronald Reagan |
| 37% | OWLBEAR | 7 | Feared chimera of a wise bird and ursine animal |
| 37% | ASSIST | 6 | One of a record-setting 3,234 for Sue Bird |
| 37% | PARADISE | 8 | Bird of __ is a yellow and blue flower |
| 37% | AMP | 3 | Piece of equipment for a band |
| 37% | RIFLE | 5 | Piece of equipment for a biathlete |
| 37% | HEADSET | 7 | Piece of equipment for a telemarketer |
| 37% | STARTERKIT | 10 | Set of equipment for a newbie |
| 37% | POLE | 4 | Bit of equipment for a vault |
| 36% | BUILDINGSPECS | 13 | Parameters for a construction project . . . or, read another way, what the last words of 17-, 23-, 49-, and 54-Across might be used for? |
| 36% | PALM | 4 | What fits in the Venn diagram of "Trees" and "Body Parts" |
| 36% | WASCANA | 7 | Name of a lake and center in Regina's Gladmer Park |
| 36% | LARK | 4 | Bird that's a symbol of joy and hope |
| 36% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird of prey similar to a falcon and hawk |
| 36% | GES | 3 | A lot of washers, refrigerators and toasters, for short |
| 36% | COLANDER | 8 | A kind of bowl, for draining vegetables and pasta |
| 36% | STILT | 5 | Bit of equipment for a circus clown |
| 36% | AMP | 3 | Piece of equipment for a rock band |
| 36% | GUN | 3 | Piece of equipment for a paintball player |
| 36% | AMPS | 4 | Pieces of audio equipment for a band |
| 36% | SKI | 3 | Piece of equipment for a downhill competitor |
| 36% | MIC | 3 | Bit of equipment for a boom operator |
| 36% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |