| 100% | ANGEL | 5 | Design made on the ground during winter with the help of 14a |
| 41% | PLANS | 5 | They're made with the help of maps |
| 37% | ETCHING | 7 | The act of making designs with acid or the like |
| 37% | SNOWBOARD | 9 | Hit the slopes to surf on the white wintery blankets with this piece of winter sports equipment |
| 37% | DIGGING | 7 | The act of making holes in the ground with a spade |
| 37% | SOD | 3 | Surface of the ground with grass growing on it |
| 36% | VIA | 3 | With the help of |
| 36% | USING | 5 | With the help of |
| 35% | ROBERTBROWNING | 14 | "Porphyria's Lover" poet with a pan of ground beef on the stove? |
| 35% | FLOORING | 8 | Decision made on the ground |
| 34% | ARGO | 4 | Ship built with the help of Athena |
| 34% | SETI | 4 | Subj. studied with the help of telescopes |
| 34% | SELECTIONS | 10 | What you're faced with making when looking at the list of names on November 3 |
| 33% | CHOIR | 5 | It often functions with the help of an organ |
| 33% | TRACE | 5 | Copy a picture with the help of a lightbox |
| 33% | MOUND | 5 | Pitcher's ___, slight elevation on the baseball ground that you may occupy during a day of playing baseball |
| 33% | MOCHA | 5 | Port in Yemen on the Red Sea associated with the export of Arabian coffee |
| 32% | SKEWERED | 8 | Put meat together with the help of a spit for grilling |
| 32% | SALEM | 5 | Capital of the only state with a two-sided flag using different designs on each side |
| 32% | SPRAT | 5 | Jack who “licked the platter clean” with the help of his wife |
| 32% | LATTEART | 8 | Designs created on the foam of a cup of coffee |
| 32% | CITATION | 8 | With 62-Across, Wikipedia tag on unsourced statements... or what's required to make sense of the starred clues |
| 32% | SNOWS | 5 | Covers the ground during a winter storm, say |
| 32% | SNOWS | 5 | Blankets the ground during a winter storm, say |
| 32% | KNEELING | 8 | Resting position with lower legs on the ground |
| 32% | KNEELING | 8 | Position with lower legs resting on the ground |
| 32% | RENT | 4 | Payment made on the first of every month? |
| 32% | OLES | 4 | Shouts made with the waving of white hankies |
| 32% | FROST | 5 | Jack ___, the Spirit of Winter from "Rise of the Guardians" who can freeze entire landscapes with the help of his magical staff |
| 32% | HOBOKEN | 7 | District of Antwerp, Belgium, on the River Scheldt associated with the shipbuilding industry |