| 100% | EFT | 3 | Common ending to "left" and "theft" |
| 69% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
| 64% | EER | 3 | Ending common to "mountain" and "slogan" |
| 64% | EER | 3 | Ending common to "pioneer" and "buccaneer" |
| 54% | GREENBACK | 9 | Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common |
| 54% | ABANDON | 7 | To leave someone and never return |
| 53% | ARN | 3 | Common ending letters in "barn" and "yearn" |
| 53% | ERE | 3 | Common ending for "mere" and "revere" |
| 49% | ABSCONDS | 8 | Leaves hurriedly and secretly to avoid capture |
| 49% | WALKOUTON | 9 | Leave abruptly, angrily and before the end |
| 49% | TOBACCO | 7 | Leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars |
| 49% | EYE | 3 | Common to potato and needle? |
| 49% | LIONS | 5 | Common to Nittany and Detroit |
| 48% | AIRINESS | 8 | Common to an open room and a snob |
| 48% | LAP | 3 | To the end of the pool and back |
| 48% | ENNE | 4 | Ending akin to -trix and -ette |
| 47% | USUAL | 5 | Common for America to take turn to the left |
| 47% | BOWLSOVER | 9 | Leaves flabbergasted, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 47% | RETIRE | 6 | To stop working and voluntarily end one's career |
| 47% | OVER | 4 | "___ and out!" (radio command to end the conversation) |
| 47% | TWO | 3 | Number common to eyes, ears, and hands |
| 46% | THATSTHAT | 9 | "... and ___" (Statement meant to end a conversation): 2 wds. |
| 46% | EYE | 3 | Part common to a potato and a needle |
| 46% | EER | 3 | Letter trio common to "mountaineer," "musketeer," and "auctioneer" |
| 46% | ABOLITION | 9 | 18th- and 19th-century movement to end slavery |
| 46% | EAVE | 4 | Letters common to "cleave" and "heave" |
| 46% | ORN | 3 | Letters common to "torn" and "corn" |
| 46% | INO | 3 | Letters common to "dinosaur" and "rhinoceros" |
| 46% | EER | 3 | Letters common to "deer" and "jeer" |
| 46% | IRE | 3 | Letters common to "dire" and "sire" |