| 100% | HIND | 4 | Female of the red deer when aged three years or more |
| 52% | HART | 4 | Male of a red deer aged five years old or more |
| 35% | SOLSTICE | 8 | The time of year when the sun is highest or lowest |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | Female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals |
| 31% | OLD | 3 | Many years of age |
| 30% | PEERS | 5 | People of the same age or status |
| 30% | HATTRICKS | 9 | Three-goals-in-one-game hockey scoring feats ... or what the ends of 17-, 28- and 46-Across are when they're rearranged? |
| 30% | SPRING | 6 | Season of the year when the Titanic sank |
| 30% | MAY | 3 | Month of the year with only three letters |
| 30% | ARBORDAY | 8 | Time of the year when we celebrate trees |
| 30% | RAT | 3 | Year of the ___ (2008 or 2020) |
| 29% | ALIST | 5 | Focus of the most attention on the red carpet |
| 29% | RILEY | 5 | Pat who was NBA Coach of the Year three times |
| 29% | MIDMAY | 6 | Time of the year when National Pizza Party Day occurs |
| 29% | UDDERS | 6 | The mammary glands of female cattle or sheep |
| 29% | RECTANGLE | 9 | The shape of most phones or chocolate bars |
| 29% | ANTIHEROES | 10 | Many protagonists during the golden age of TV |
| 29% | MAMA | 4 | Female member of the Three Bears |
| 29% | JAW | 3 | Part of the head that moves when you talk or chew |
| 29% | RILEY | 5 | NBA Coach of the Year Award winner for three different teams |
| 29% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, to many a 5-Down character |
| 29% | TRIANGLE | 8 | Red shape on the flag of Cuba or Jordan |
| 29% | ESSENCE | 7 | The most significant quality or aspect of a thing |
| 29% | SAMEOLD | 7 | When repeated, not much in the way of news |
| 28% | ODD | 3 | Like the years of most presidential inaugurations |
| 28% | ZERO | 4 | One of three in the Y2K year |
| 28% | KYOTO | 5 | Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years |
| 28% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird of the pheasant family such as the grey — or red-legged — |
| 28% | CAMPION | 7 | Flowering plant of the genus Silene such as the red — or white — |
| 28% | ABBESS | 6 | The female head of a convent or community of nuns |