| 100% | AEIOU | 5 | Group of five to which is added "and sometimes y" |
| 57% | AEIOU | 5 | Group to which "Y" is sometimes added |
| 45% | LINE | 4 | Group of people standing and waiting to be served |
| 44% | IMO | 3 | Initialism to which an "h" is sometimes added |
| 44% | STEM | 4 | Acronym to which an "A" is sometimes added |
| 43% | SAGE | 4 | Mint family herb which is commonly added to meats and salads |
| 40% | AEIOU | 5 | Quintet to which "y" is often added |
| 40% | DARIA | 5 | Sitcom which is the successful spin-off of "Beavis and Butt-Head" that ran for five seasons |
| 39% | ESS | 3 | Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words |
| 39% | BRICS | 5 | Group of countries once expected to drive twenty-first-century economic growth, whose name is an acronym of its five members |
| 39% | ACACIA | 6 | Tree which is part of the initiation of Master Masons and to them represents the immortality of the soul |
| 39% | METACARPI | 9 | Group of five bones between wrist and fingers |
| 38% | HANNIBAL | 8 | 2001 film which is a sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and stars Julianne Moore along with Anthony Hopkins |
| 37% | NINE | 4 | Musical whose numerical title adds one-half to that of the Fellini film on which it is based |
| 36% | CITRUS | 6 | Group of fruits oranges and grapefruits belong to |
| 36% | SHANDY | 6 | Beer to which lemonade is added |
| 36% | AUGEND | 6 | Number to which another is added |
| 36% | ISH | 3 | "Give or take" suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set |
| 36% | ARAB | 4 | ___ League (group of which Egypt and Syria are two of the founding members) |
| 36% | TUAREG | 6 | Muslim who might wander all over North Africa and is member of a group sometimes known as the "Blue People" |
| 36% | PEA | 3 | Foodstuff to which hail is sometimes compared |
| 36% | SNAP | 4 | Evan Spiegel's tech startup which launched camera equipped glasses and is estimated to be over $18 billion as of 2017 |
| 35% | BLT | 3 | Deli item to which avo is often added |
| 35% | ATOM | 4 | Tiny little thing which is sometimes subject to decay |
| 35% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine which is competitor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan |
| 35% | ACRID | 5 | A group of detectives has right to be strong |
| 35% | THELION | 7 | "___ King," American drama film featuring Donald Glover which is a remake of a 1994 animated movie and is slated to release on 19 July, 2019: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AEIOU | 5 | Group that ends "... and sometimes Y" |
| 34% | EGGNOG | 6 | Creamy drink to which freshly grated nutmeg might be added |
| 34% | MIDDLEMARCH | 11 | Sixth novel by George Eliot (birthday yesterday) which was written in two pieces that holds a lot of historical value and is considered to be her best work |