| 100% | SATI | 4 | Former Hindu custom, also called suttee, of a widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre |
| 25% | BEYONCE | 7 | Former member of Destiny's Child who is known for her solo hits like "Irreplaceable" and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" |
| 24% | HOLI | 4 | Hindu celebration also called Festival of Love |
| 23% | BLUENIGHTS | 10 | American writer Joan Didion's 2011 memoir also called a "companion piece" to her earlier novel "The Year of Magical Thinking": 2 wds. |
| 23% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of a former Yankee who appears on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball": Hyph. |
| 22% | FAKIR | 5 | Hindu on a bed of nails |
| 22% | FURCULA | 7 | Fused clavicles of a bird, also called a wishbone |
| 22% | FURCULA | 7 | Fused clavicles of a bird also called a wishbone |
| 21% | DANRATHER | 9 | Former news anchor who's published a collection of essays called "What Unites Us": 2 wds. |
| 21% | AVATAR | 6 | Material incarnation of a deity on Earth, according to Hindu concepts |
| 21% | OFF | 3 | Opposite of on, also a switch setting |
| 21% | ISLE | 4 | Port of call on a tropical cruise |
| 20% | DOUGWILSON | 10 | Host of the former TLC series "Moving Up" who's a designer on 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 20% | ICING | 5 | Topmost layer of a cake, also called frosting, that is used for decoration |
| 20% | FOREHEAD | 8 | Hindu women wear a bindi on this part of the face |
| 20% | AXE | 3 | ___ throwing (activity with a target painted on a piece of wood) |
| 20% | ROMA | 4 | Type of tomato that's also called a plum tomato |
| 20% | BOW | 3 | (4/4) Also keep a lookout for a decorative ___ made of ribbon that's often stuck on wrapped gifts |
| 20% | PLATELET | 8 | Minute particle also called a thrombocyte crucial to the clotting of the blood of vertebrates |
| 20% | CHERRY | 6 | ___ blossom viewing, also called hanami in Japan, that is a centuries-old celebration of flowers |
| 20% | GEORGEFOREMAN | 13 | Former professional boxer who also supervises workers on a factory floor?: 2 wds. |
| 20% | STACY | 5 | Her mom "has got it goin' on," in a Fountains of Wayne song |
| 20% | ACTI | 4 | When Maggie calls herself "a cat on a hot tin roof" |
| 20% | CUCKOO | 6 | The __ bird has an odd call, also a type of clock |
| 20% | NIK | 3 | Erendira's husband who walked across the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua on a high wire in March of this year |
| 19% | PERCHING | 8 | Type of bird also called a passerine |
| 19% | GUMBOOT | 7 | Bit of footwear also called a Wellington |
| 19% | MANTA | 5 | Kind of ray also called a devilfish |
| 19% | RED | 3 | Color of a black widow's hourglass |
| 19% | YODEL | 5 | Call out on top of a mountain |