| 100% | BEAT | 4 | Defeat, or a word that rhymes with "defeat" |
| 66% | MUSIC | 5 | Harmonious vocals or instrumental sounds, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "anchusic" |
| 64% | CRIME | 5 | Act that breaks the law, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 64% | ORANGE | 6 | Citrus fruit or a color, and a word that has an obscure near-perfect rhyme with "sporange" |
| 64% | MIME | 4 | Street artist who speaks through gestures, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 64% | PRIME | 5 | The best years of your life, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 63% | SLIME | 5 | Sticky stuff kids love to play with, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 63% | LIME | 4 | Fruit you might squeeze into a margarita, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 63% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 63% | MONARCHS | 8 | Butterflies with orange wings, or a word that means "kings" |
| 62% | DIME | 4 | Ten-cent coin with Roosevelt's face on it, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
| 62% | SPEED | 5 | *Runner's stat ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a radar trap |
| 61% | SESSION | 7 | Meeting, as with a therapist ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 61% | EEK | 3 | Shriek that rhymes with a word in this clue |
| 60% | SAND | 4 | *Hourglass filler ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a bunker on a golf course |
| 60% | FLY | 3 | *Buzzing pest ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a snare for the said pest |
| 60% | FISH | 4 | Little ocean swimmer or a word that goes with 16a, 24a, 34a, 41a, 54a, 22d, 26d, and 48d |
| 60% | BOOK | 4 | Item commonly borrowed from the library ... or a word that goes with 25a, 36a, 42a, 7d, and 37d |
| 60% | BEAR | 4 | *Grizzly or Polar, e.g. ... or a word that goes with "trap" to refer to a metaphorical financial trap |
| 60% | PLEASURE | 8 | A word for enjoyment that rhymes with treasure |
| 60% | YAP | 3 | A word for talk that rhymes with tap |
| 60% | SNIP | 4 | A word for cut that rhymes with clip |
| 60% | SLICK | 5 | A word for glossy that rhymes with click |
| 59% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 59% | SHAM | 4 | A word for a fake that rhymes with cam |
| 59% | VILE | 4 | A word for very unpleasant that rhymes with pile |
| 58% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 58% | HOUSE | 5 | Place where one lives ... or a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect that's often found in kitchens |
| 57% | ARMCHAIR | 8 | Leisurely living room seat, or word that starts with a sleeve-filling body part |
| 57% | ZEST | 4 | An enthusiastic person has ___ for life (a word that rhymes with best) |