| 100% | FINAGLE | 7 | Get something by trickery, an anagram of leafing |
| 44% | EKES | 4 | Anagram of "seek" which means "barely gets by" |
| 43% | NEPAL | 5 | Country whose name is an anagram of a common means of getting there |
| 41% | SICKNESS | 8 | Something feigned by Ferris Bueller to get out of school |
| 40% | PHOBIA | 6 | Disorder caused by an irrational fear of something |
| 40% | KAREN | 5 | ___ O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer, whose stage name is an anagram of her nationality by birth) |
| 38% | SHOCK | 5 | Suddenly being upset; Getting to know of something in an unexpected manner |
| 36% | BALSAM | 6 | Medicinal herb, an anagram of sambal |
| 36% | VILE | 4 | Evil (and an anagram of "evil") |
| 36% | RECIPE | 6 | Cooking instructions; an anagram of pierce |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | Vile ... and an anagram of "vile" |
| 36% | ALGORE | 6 | His name's an anagram of "gaoler" |
| 36% | ELATION | 7 | Great happiness, or an anagram of "toenail" |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | Wicked (and an anagram of 44-Down) |
| 36% | VILE | 4 | Wicked (and an anagram of 10-Down) |
| 36% | ANTI | 4 | Oppositionist, and an anagram of 47-down |
| 36% | PAT | 3 | Tap lightly, or an anagram of "tap" |
| 36% | SHORTEN | 7 | Abridge ... and an anagram of 6-Across |
| 36% | YEA | 3 | "Aye" equivalent, and an anagram of it |
| 36% | EAST | 4 | Direction which is an anagram of "seat" |
| 36% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable which is an anagram of "ape" |
| 36% | KYOTO | 5 | City that's an anagram of "Tokyo" |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Game played in an anagram of itself |
| 36% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that's an anagram of "tears" |
| 36% | LEOTARD | 7 | Garment that's an anagram of delator |
| 36% | RIDEALONG | 9 | Trip that's an anagram of "reloading" |
| 36% | TABLETS | 7 | Pills or capsules; an anagram of battles |
| 36% | NEGATION | 8 | Contradiction, denial; an anagram of no eating |
| 36% | CANOE | 5 | Boat that's an anagram of "ocean" |
| 36% | SANCTION | 8 | Official consent; an anagram of into cans |