| 100% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing sch. that's been removed from 14 Down |
| 63% | UNC | 3 | Chapel Hill sch. that's been removed from 3 Down |
| 55% | MIT | 3 | Cambridge sch. that's been removed from 43 Across |
| 45% | RICE | 4 | Houston school that's been removed from 78 Across |
| 45% | EMORY | 5 | Atlanta school that's been removed from 67 Across |
| 45% | SMITH | 5 | Northampton school that's been removed from 22 Across |
| 43% | LOSTMEDIA | 9 | Show that's been removed from streaming without a physical release, e.g. |
| 37% | ERASABLE | 8 | Like ink that can be removed from the page |
| 35% | PRIZE | 5 | Item that was removed from boxes of Cracker Jack in 2016 |
| 34% | MSU | 3 | East Lansing sch. |
| 34% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument from the East that was incorporated in "Norwegian Wood" |
| 34% | PITA | 4 | Flatbread from the Middle East that is often paired with hummus |
| 34% | IMHOT | 5 | Words that might be heard from a sweater removing a sweater |
| 33% | REDS | 4 | M&M's that were removed from 1976 to 1987 out of a health concern for a coloring dye |
| 33% | LSU | 3 | Sch. that's home to the Golden Band from Tigerland |
| 33% | PEKES | 5 | Pets from 14 Down |
| 32% | CARBONOFFSETS | 13 | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| 32% | OFF | 3 | Like something that's been powered down |
| 32% | TINS | 4 | Spam is removed from them |
| 32% | STUB | 4 | Pencil that's been worn down to almost nothing |
| 31% | KIDNEY | 6 | "I'm a bean-shaped organ that removes waste from your body. Who am I?" |
| 31% | DONE | 4 | Ready to be removed from the oven |
| 31% | WHOLE | 5 | With 36-Down, what plasma may be removed from |
| 31% | ALCOA | 5 | It was removed from the Dow in 2013 |
| 30% | JAPAN | 5 | Country that baseball's Ichiro Suzuki is from |
| 30% | TUBTHUMPING | 11 | 1997 hit song from British rock band Chumbawamba, that is colloquially known as "I Get Knocked Down" |
| 30% | BACKTOTHEDRAWINGBOARD | 21 | "___? That's when an artist is facing away from a drafting table" |
| 30% | DELE | 4 | Marking indicating something to be removed from the text |
| 29% | POLAND | 6 | Flag that upside down is the same as Indonesia's |