| 100% | ONOMATOPOEIA | 12 | Formation of words imitating the sound of a noise, such as pop and whoosh |
| 42% | DIOR | 4 | Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for “God” and “gold” |
| 40% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 38% | ORB | 3 | Another word for a sphere, such as the Sun, which is an ___ of light |
| 38% | BYSSHESHELLEY | 13 | Romantic poet Percy, the writer of classic poems such as "Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark": 2 wds. |
| 37% | APHERESIS | 9 | Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as "opossum" to "possum" |
| 37% | TENACE | 6 | In bridge, a holding of two non-consecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen |
| 36% | RESTHARROW | 10 | Plant of the pea family such as the common — with pink flowers and a tough woody stem |
| 36% | RESTHARROW | 10 | Plant of the pea family such as the common - with pink flowers and a tough woody stem |
| 36% | GUNSHY | 6 | Nervous, as to the sound of a pistol: Hyph. |
| 36% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | Make the sound of a word in a particular way |
| 35% | VERBS | 5 | Words of action, such as "grow" and "know" |
| 35% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 35% | SYNOD | 5 | Council of a church such as the — of Whitby in 664 |
| 35% | CHAIR | 5 | Head, as a committee ... or a word that can follow the ends of 16-, 29-, 36-, 47- and 61-Across |
| 35% | AGUILERA | 8 | Pop star Christina known as the "Voice of a Generation" |
| 35% | APOCOPE | 7 | Omission of the final sound of a word |
| 34% | SIBYL | 5 | One of a number of prophetesses in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld |
| 34% | OCEAN | 5 | A massive body of water, such as the Pacific ___ |
| 34% | APOCOPE | 7 | Loss of sounds at the end of a word |
| 34% | NOR | 3 | Word before "happiness," "majesty" and "fame" at the start of a Shelley poem |
| 34% | OPERATIC | 8 | In the style of a work by Bizet, such as Carmen |
| 33% | DEFINE | 6 | Explain the meaning of, as a word |
| 33% | SONICBOOM | 9 | Noise from a plane flying above the speed of sound |
| 33% | TEAMS | 5 | Sides in a sport, such as the Dodgers and Giants |
| 33% | OMIT | 4 | Leave off, as the last word of a |
| 33% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 33% | PAPERPLANES | 11 | 2008 hit whose chorus features the sounds of gunshots and a cash register |
| 33% | TEAMS | 5 | Groups of players in a tourney, such as the LA Lakers |
| 33% | AFFIX | 5 | Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) |