| 100% | TAPER | 5 | Diminish gradually, with "off" (anagram of "peart") |
| 64% | TAPER | 5 | Diminish gradually, with "off" |
| 64% | WORE | 4 | Diminished gradually, with "off" |
| 47% | WHIPPET | 7 | Small greyhound-like dog; anagram of with pep |
| 46% | PAIRED | 6 | Coupled with; anagram of "repaid" |
| 45% | TEAL | 4 | Anagram of "late" that gives a shade of 15a mixed with green |
| 45% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 44% | UNRELATED | 9 | Anagram of 10 Across that appropriately has nothing to do with Toby Fox |
| 44% | EDAM | 4 | Made off with export of the Netherlands |
| 43% | SNO | 3 | With 35-Across, a type of winter off-road vehicle |
| 43% | PERTAIN | 7 | To do with, anagram of repaint |
| 43% | WEAR | 4 | Diminish slowly, with "off" |
| 42% | CHANNELSURF | 11 | With 59-Down, means of riding the waves off of Brighton? |
| 42% | TAILED | 6 | Diminished, with "off" |
| 41% | SCRAPING | 8 | Taking off the top layer of paint with a tool |
| 41% | SQUASH | 6 | Game of bouncing a ball off a wall with racquets |
| 41% | TOWEL | 5 | What most of us dry off with after a shower |
| 41% | WHITTLE | 7 | Shave off layers of wood with a knife |
| 41% | SEVER | 5 | Break off (anagram of "serve") |
| 40% | WOODLAND | 8 | Natural area with trees, anagram of download |
| 40% | PLATES | 6 | Eat off these; anagram of "staple" |
| 40% | TAPER | 5 | Gradually decrease, with "off" |
| 40% | EASE | 4 | Gradually stop, with "off" |
| 40% | GROWING | 7 | With 41 Across, gradually-apparent problem ... and an explanation of the puzzle's circles? |
| 40% | QED | 3 | Letters a mathematician might sign off the end of her proof with |
| 39% | ATTUNED | 7 | In sync with, harmonized; anagram of taunted |
| 39% | REEK | 4 | Give off, with "of" |
| 39% | TAPER | 5 | Diminish gradually |
| 39% | DWINDLE | 7 | Diminish gradually |
| 39% | PARE | 4 | Diminish gradually |