| 100% | ALE | 3 | Drink at the Duck and Drake |
| 81% | ALES | 4 | Round at the Duck and Drake |
| 48% | WATERBREAK | 10 | Time for a drink at the gym... or what can literally be seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across |
| 46% | PORTER | 6 | Drink at the Duke's Head |
| 46% | ALE | 3 | Drink at the Duke's Head |
| 46% | ALES | 4 | Drinks at the Pink Pig, say |
| 45% | SODA | 4 | Fizzy drink at the movies |
| 45% | SQUANDERED | 10 | Played ducks and drakes with |
| 45% | SHOTS | 5 | Quick drinks at the bar |
| 44% | VERBS | 5 | Duck and goose, at times |
| 43% | BARTAB | 6 | Bill for drinks at the pub: 2 wds. |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 42% | SONIA | 5 | The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 42% | OBOEPART | 8 | The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | The duck, in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 42% | REEDS | 5 | The duck and the cat in Peter and the Wolf, e.g. |
| 42% | PUTUPTHEIRDUKES | 15 | At the big brawl, the king and queen ... |
| 42% | HOWARD | 6 | __ the Duck, comic book and film character |
| 41% | OBOE | 4 | The duck in Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | State whose Division I teams include the Ducks and the Beavers: Abbr. |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | State whose Pac-10 teams are the Ducks and the Beavers: Abbr. |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | Home of the Ducks and Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference (Abbr.) |
| 40% | DREGS | 5 | Stuff settled at the bottom of a drink |
| 40% | TEA | 3 | Leaves at the bottom of a brewed drink |
| 40% | TOMB | 4 | Site at the end of "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 40% | ALE | 3 | Order at the Pig and Whistle |
| 39% | END | 3 | At the ___ of the day (when all is said and done) |
| 39% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument representing the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 39% | OBOIST | 6 | Musician playing the duck in Peter and the Wolf |
| 39% | YORK | 4 | City at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss |