| 100% | ISCHIUM | 7 | Curved bone forming the base of each half of the pelvis |
| 42% | SACRA | 5 | Bones at the bases of spines |
| 42% | SACRUM | 6 | Bone at the base of the spine |
| 41% | RIB | 3 | Any of the 24 curved elastic arches of bone that form the chest wall in man |
| 40% | SACRUM | 6 | Triangular bone at the base of the spine |
| 40% | DASHI | 5 | Broth that forms the base of miso soup |
| 40% | BROTH | 5 | Liquid used to form the base of tortellini soup |
| 39% | ILIUM | 5 | Largest bone of the pelvis |
| 39% | PLAY | 4 | Word that can precede each half of the starred answers |
| 39% | PAROTID | 7 | Major salivary gland at the base of each human ear |
| 38% | CREASES | 7 | Things formed at the bases of dog-ears |
| 37% | VIACOM | 6 | One half of the merger that formed Paramount Global |
| 37% | RIB | 3 | Curved bone that forms the chest case |
| 37% | ULNA | 4 | Bone that forms part of the forearm |
| 37% | HIPS | 4 | Joints at the meeting of the thigh bone and pelvis |
| 37% | TWOMINUTEWARNING | 16 | Automatic time-out near the end of each NFL half |
| 37% | MOSDEF | 6 | Rapper who forms one half of the duo Black Star |
| 37% | BLANKCHECK | 10 | Complete freedom ... and a hint to each half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 37% | ROLLTHEDICE | 11 | Take a chance, and how to form the sequence in each set of circled letters |
| 36% | AIR | 3 | Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues |
| 36% | WHITEMATTER | 11 | Certain brain tissue, or what each half of the answers to the starred clues can be |
| 35% | OSTEOPATHY | 10 | System of healing based on the manipulation of bones |
| 35% | IMTAKEN | 7 | Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | DOUBLE | 6 | With 52-Down, betrayal, and what's formed by each pair of the trigrams |
| 34% | ANAGRAM | 7 | The first half of each starred clue, with respect to its second half |
| 34% | MANBABY | 7 | Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| 34% | TIMESHARE | 9 | Vacation lodging purchase ... or an arrangement between the two halves of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 33% | KEEP | 4 | Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 33% | ILIAC | 5 | Of the pelvis |
| 33% | ILIUM | 5 | Large broad bone that is the upper area of pelvis |