| 100% | EVALUATE | 8 | Gage or assess the amount of something |
| 60% | QUANTITY | 8 | The amount or number of something |
| 53% | ADDS | 4 | Increases the amount of something |
| 53% | HANDFUL | 7 | The amount of something that can be held |
| 52% | APPRAISE | 8 | Assess the value of something |
| 52% | ASSAYED | 7 | Assessed the quality of something |
| 50% | MEASURES | 8 | Assesses the size of something with a tape |
| 49% | VALIDATE | 8 | Check or show the truth of something |
| 49% | SAMPLE | 6 | Small amount of something that exemplifies the whole |
| 49% | WEIGHUP | 7 | Assess the nature or importance of |
| 49% | EVALUATE | 8 | Judge or assess the worth of |
| 49% | DATED | 5 | Assessed the exact age of something |
| 44% | CURVEBALL | 9 | Something totally unexpected or out of the blue |
| 43% | TAKESSTOCK | 10 | Assesses the situation, or what each of 17-, 26-, 37- and 50-Across does |
| 43% | PRINCIPAL | 9 | The head of a school or amount advanced in a loan |
| 43% | NEW | 3 | Something that is fresh, or right out of the box. Brand ___ |
| 42% | RETENTION | 9 | The continued control or possession of something |
| 42% | GENESIS | 7 | The origin or coming into being of something |
| 42% | EDGE | 4 | The boundary or rim of something |
| 42% | GENESIS | 7 | The beginning or birth of something |
| 42% | TEXTURE | 7 | The feel or consistency of something |
| 42% | ONSET | 5 | The start or beginning of something |
| 41% | DEFLECT | 7 | Change the path or direction of something |
| 41% | DEFINE | 6 | Describe the meaning or character of something |
| 40% | TAX | 3 | Extra amount added to the price of something |
| 40% | MEASURE | 7 | Determine the size or amount of |
| 40% | LOT | 3 | Fair amount of something |
| 40% | SMIDGEN | 7 | Small amount of something |
| 40% | OVERLOAD | 8 | Excessive amount of something |
| 40% | RAFT | 4 | Large amount of something |