| 100% | APRILFOOLSDAY | 13 | Date when the BBC claimed Big Ben would be replaced by a digital clock |
| 29% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 28% | NOONTIME | 8 | When hands are at the very top of a clock |
| 27% | CURSEWORD | 9 | It may be replaced by a dash |
| 27% | ODD | 3 | Kind of number that will leave a remainder when divided by 2 |
| 27% | PER | 3 | Word that may be replaced by a slash |
| 27% | IRON | 4 | Monopoly token that was replaced by a cat |
| 26% | SHOE | 4 | Item whose sole might be replaced by a cobbler |
| 26% | FRANC | 5 | Coin being replaced by the euro |
| 25% | NAFTA | 5 | Agreement to be replaced by the USMCA |
| 25% | KRONE | 5 | Monetary unit being replaced by the euro |
| 25% | ABA | 3 | It was replaced by the NBA: Abbr. |
| 25% | DAYOFBREAK | 10 | When the prisoners will escape? |
| 25% | LOWTIDE | 7 | When the beach is biggest |
| 25% | CORE | 4 | Part of a big apple that the squirrels and crows will eat, even if you don't |
| 25% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 25% | DEFAULT | 7 | What a game is won by when the other team forfeits |
| 25% | SHAH | 4 | Iranian ruler who was replaced by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| 25% | ONE | 3 | The result when a number is divided by itself |
| 25% | GRANDSLAMHOMERUN | 16 | What will cause a walk-off win in the situation described by the answers to the starred clues |
| 25% | ZOOLANDER | 9 | 2001 comedy starring and directed by Ben Stiller (birthday today), which is a satire on the fashion industry |
| 25% | ROCK | 4 | "We Will ___ You," 1977 song by Queen which is a part of the album "News of the World" |
| 25% | DEMISES | 7 | Conveys property by a will |
| 24% | ITSSOSAD | 8 | Phrase that might be replaced by the Crying Face emoji |
| 24% | WIIU | 4 | Nintendo console that was replaced by the Switch: 2 wds. |
| 24% | LIRA | 4 | Currency from 45-Down that was replaced by the euro |
| 24% | ICE | 3 | "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ___..." line from a famous poem by Robert Frost |
| 24% | SETADATE | 8 | Decide when the wedding will be |
| 24% | CDS | 3 | Music recordings that have largely been replaced by digital downloads: Abbr. |
| 24% | NAFTA | 5 | Commerce pact to be replaced by USMCA when it's ratified |