| 100% | SEIZEHERSALAD | 13 | Chef's recommended course of action when the lady replies "No" to the suggestion "Lettuce leave a tip"? |
| 36% | IDEA | 4 | Suggestion to a course of action |
| 35% | HRS | 3 | Nos. to the left of a colon, maybe |
| 32% | BOUNDS | 6 | Out of __, when a golf ball leaves the course |
| 31% | ONESPLACE | 9 | It's to the left of a dot |
| 31% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 30% | APORT | 5 | To the left side of a ship |
| 30% | YESMAAM | 7 | Servant's reply to the lady of the house: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ADVISOR | 7 | Person who recommends a course of action |
| 30% | GODUTCH | 7 | Lady and gent to share the cost of a meal |
| 29% | CTS | 3 | No. to the right of a decimal point |
| 29% | FORK | 4 | It’s placed to the left of the plate when setting the table |
| 29% | FREEWILL | 8 | Being at liberty to choose a course of action |
| 29% | FINALPLAN | 9 | A completed course of action to be put into motion: 2 wds. |
| 28% | APICALLY | 8 | Relating to the tip of a pyramid |
| 28% | TEL | 3 | Abbr. to the left of a number |
| 28% | ONESPLACE | 9 | Column to the left of a decimal |
| 28% | TAB | 3 | The key to the left of Q in a keyboard |
| 28% | EGG | 3 | The hundred folds on a chef's toque are said to represent the number of ways to prepare this |
| 28% | DOUBLEPARK | 10 | Leave one's vehicle in a traffic lane, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | DOLLARS | 7 | Value to the left of a decimal point |
| 28% | ONES | 4 | Column to the left of a decimal point |
| 28% | ALT | 3 | Key to both the left and right of a PC's space bar |
| 28% | SHONDARHIMES | 12 | Creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" … or, when said aloud, a hint to the starts of 20-, 30 and 45-Across |
| 28% | TAB | 3 | Key to the left of Q, on a keyboard |
| 28% | DOLLARS | 7 | Number to the left of a decimal point, maybe |
| 28% | TAB | 3 | Key to the left of Q on a keyboard |
| 28% | ONES | 4 | ___ place (space to the left of a decimal point) |
| 27% | IWOULD | 6 | "That's my recommended course of action, yes" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ONES | 4 | Kind of a place to the left of a decimal |