| 100% | PULLTHEPIN | 10 | End a project due to lack of funding, say |
| 46% | LAYOFF | 6 | To remove someone from a job due to lack of work |
| 45% | IOTA | 4 | Stellar interferometer built by 5 insts. (Smithsonian, Harvard, UMass, UW and MIT) in '93 and closed in '06 due to lack of funding |
| 43% | NOPLACELIKEHOME | 15 | End of a popular saying related to this puzzle's theme |
| 43% | HANGRY | 6 | Cranky due to lack of food |
| 42% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 42% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 42% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 42% | GANGRENE | 8 | Tissue death due to lack of blood flow |
| 41% | WILTING | 7 | Becoming weak due to lack of water or food |
| 41% | OVERHEATS | 9 | Breaks down on the road due to lack of coolant |
| 41% | SCURVY | 6 | Disease common in pirates due to lack of vitamin C |
| 41% | OVERHEAT | 8 | Break down due to lack of coolant, as an auto |
| 40% | BANKROLL | 8 | Money to fund a project; a US reel of paper money |
| 40% | TENON | 5 | Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece |
| 40% | DIDYOUCATCHTHAT | 15 | "Someone say something?" or a hint to the ends of 18-, 20-, 54- and 59-Across |
| 39% | CHANCEENCOUNTER | 15 | Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? |
| 38% | BECALMED | 8 | Lack of wind causing a boat to remain still |
| 37% | ICEIN | 5 | Trap due to a winter storm, say |
| 37% | PRESUME | 7 | End of a question to Livingstone |
| 37% | RARE | 4 | Of interest to a collector, say |
| 37% | ATROPHY | 7 | Wasting muscle mass due to the lack of use |
| 36% | AFAR | 4 | To the ends of the earth, say |
| 36% | AMEN | 4 | Said at the end of a prayer |
| 36% | SILENCE | 7 | This total lack of sound is said to be golden |
| 36% | TRADEUP | 7 | Get the better end of a deal, say |
| 36% | SANK | 4 | Dropped to the bottom of a lake, say |
| 36% | SANK | 4 | Dropped to the bottom of a bathtub, say |
| 36% | RATE | 4 | Give a five out of ten to, say |
| 36% | REAR | 4 | Back end of a vehicle, say |