| 100% | WERETOAST | 9 | Cry of the soon-to-be defeated |
| 69% | CHER | 4 | "Believe" singer soon to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 66% | WAYTOGO | 7 | Cry of approval ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 61% | RIPE | 4 | Soon to be plucked from the plant, perhaps |
| 59% | LANDONYOURFEET | 14 | Cry to soccer player Donovan when something is wrong with the body parts at the bottom of his legs? |
| 56% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Believed to be the birthplace of Jesus |
| 56% | ENVIES | 6 | Wishes to be in the shoes of |
| 56% | RELATED | 7 | Told to be part of the family |
| 56% | TGIF | 4 | Cry of relief that the workweek is almost done: Abbr. |
| 56% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be taken out of the oven |
| 56% | LONELIEST | 9 | Least likely to be part of the company? |
| 56% | PELOSI | 6 | First woman to be Speaker of the House |
| 56% | AKIN | 4 | "Sound of the birds is ___ to music" (similar) |
| 55% | SHY | 3 | Not likely to be the life of the party |
| 55% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first US president to be assassinated |
| 55% | LIONCUBS | 8 | They grow up to be kings of the savanna |
| 55% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 55% | WARY | 4 | "It's always advisable to be ___ of the unknown." |
| 55% | CHARLES | 7 | Name of the only English king to be executed |
| 55% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Town said to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ |
| 55% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 55% | HAIR | 4 | "Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s |
| 55% | ONO | 3 | "Painting to Be Stepped On" artist of the 1960s |
| 55% | HOLISTIC | 8 | Medical care of the whole being to fix problems |
| 55% | YAM | 3 | Part of the verb "to be," to Popeye |
| 55% | AFFORD | 6 | Be able to meet the expense of |
| 55% | PATIENCE | 8 | The art of being able to wait |
| 55% | OOHS | 4 | Cries of delight, and what each of the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 54% | EEK | 3 | Cry of surprise that is also the name of an Alaskan city |
| 54% | SHEA | 4 | Stadium that used to be the home of the Mets |