| 100% | FRIGATE | 7 | Dickinson's "There Is No __ Like a Book" |
| 61% | ABOOK | 5 | "There is no Frigate like ____": Dickinson |
| 53% | NOTWORTHONESSLAT | 16 | Like a shutter so shabby there’s no point in putting in a new louver? |
| 53% | THEMATRIX | 9 | There is no spoon says a bald boy in this movie |
| 53% | ISNO | 4 | “There ___ Frigate like a Book” (Dickinson verse) |
| 52% | ONLOAN | 6 | Like a book that has been checked out from a library: 2 wds. |
| 51% | LAME | 4 | Like a horse that can no longer be ridden |
| 50% | ONHOLD | 6 | Like a library book waiting to be picked up (2 wds.) |
| 48% | UNEASE | 6 | "Oh no, there's gonna be a jump scare any minute" feeling |
| 48% | WITHOUT | 7 | "There is no rose __ a thorn" |
| 47% | OUTSIDETHEBOX | 13 | Like a housecat's no-no? |
| 47% | LINED | 5 | Like a composition book's pages |
| 47% | SUCH | 4 | "There is no ___ thing as a sure thing" |
| 46% | DEAD | 4 | Like a play that's been whistled |
| 46% | FLAT | 4 | Like a tire that's been punctured |
| 46% | HOME | 4 | There's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue |
| 46% | BREAK | 5 | (1/6) Oh, no! There's been a problem with the car. With 36a, you will find out more! |
| 46% | DUE | 3 | Ready to be returned, like a library book |
| 46% | OUT | 3 | Like a secret that's no longer secret |
| 46% | MOWN | 4 | Like a lawn that's just been cut |
| 46% | WET | 3 | Like a floor that’s just been mopped |
| 46% | LIKEHOME | 8 | There is no place __ |
| 45% | FINGERPRINTED | 13 | Like a booked suspect |
| 45% | ANNOYING | 8 | Like a passenger repeatedly asking, “Are we there yet?” |
| 45% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who's a no-show: Abbr. |
| 45% | IDLE | 4 | Like a mind that is a devil's workshop |
| 45% | SANDY | 5 | Like a towel that's been on a beach |
| 45% | RIPE | 4 | Like a fruit that's good to be had |
| 45% | BRANDNEW | 8 | Like a car that's never been driven: Hyph. |
| 45% | RIPE | 4 | Like a fruit that's ready to be eaten |