| 100% | ALICES | 6 | Eatery "just a half a mile from the railroad track" |
| 40% | PERU | 4 | Its northernmost extreme is just 2.1 miles from the equator |
| 38% | NAT | 3 | Baseball player whose stadium is a few miles from the White House, for short |
| 37% | TRIMS | 5 | Snips just a little from the ends, at a hair salon |
| 37% | CARDIB | 6 | She’s just a “regular, degular, schmegular girl from the Bronx” |
| 35% | PAST | 4 | A blast from the ___ |
| 34% | LETITBE | 7 | Last studio album from the Beatles that features a track by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 34% | ESSO | 4 | A gas from the past |
| 34% | AGAIN | 5 | Excited demand from a toddler who just came down the slide, maybe |
| 34% | STARDUST | 8 | 39-Across novel about a half-Faerie boy who rescues a girl who falls from the sky |
| 34% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Harper, character from the series "Two and a Half Men" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 34% | NINE | 4 | Half a round on the links |
| 34% | DINOSAUR | 8 | A reptile from the Triassic period |
| 34% | RENEW | 5 | ___ a book from the library |
| 34% | BOLT | 4 | A ___ from the blue |
| 34% | BLAST | 5 | A ___ from the past |
| 33% | SONG | 4 | "Wedding ___," 2003 track by Tracy Chapman that describes a wedding day from the bride's point of view |
| 33% | GRAM | 4 | Just under half a penny's weight |
| 33% | NYT | 3 | A newspaper from the Big Apple: Abbr. |
| 33% | TEAR | 4 | A drop of water from the eye |
| 33% | ARTDECO | 7 | A popular architectural style from the 1920s |
| 33% | COG | 3 | Just a ___ in the machine |
| 33% | DROP | 4 | Just a ___ in the bucket |
| 33% | PINT | 4 | *Common beer quantity ordered from 13a, which is half the size of a quart |
| 33% | RAIL | 4 | Half a track? |
| 33% | DYNASTY | 7 | A series of rulers from the same family |
| 33% | DAMASCENE | 9 | A person from the capital city of Syria |
| 33% | EUCHARIST | 9 | A word from the Greek word, meaning thanksgiving |
| 33% | THROWBACK | 9 | A photo from the past on social media |
| 33% | DYNASTY | 7 | A series of rulers from the same lineage |