| 100% | HITOPFADES | 10 | Haircuts that are short only on the sides |
| 60% | FADES | 5 | Men's haircuts that are long on top and buzzed on the side |
| 59% | MULLET | 6 | Haircut that's short on the top and sides and long in back |
| 52% | GOATEE | 6 | Beard that is short, pointed and just on the chin |
| 49% | ALT | 3 | Key that is on either side of the space bar |
| 48% | FADE | 4 | Haircut that's tapered on the sides |
| 48% | MENISCUS | 8 | Lens that is convex on one side and concave on the other |
| 48% | FLATTOP | 7 | Hairstyle that's cut short on the sides |
| 47% | FADE | 4 | Hairstyle that's short on the sides |
| 44% | ELIE | 4 | Manitoba, Canada town that was hit by the county's only F5 tornado on record, on June 22, 2007 |
| 44% | SWEATANDSOURSOUP | 16 | Appetizer that may be a tad on the salty side? |
| 44% | TAT | 3 | Design that might be on the biceps, for short |
| 43% | ABOYNAMEDSUE | 12 | Song written by Shel Silverstein recorded by 27-Across that was the only Top 10 single on 42-Across (4 wds.) |
| 43% | DEM | 3 | On the blue side, for short |
| 43% | WILDFIRES | 9 | Items reported on the NOAA website, which showed that 2020 was only the 13th most active May of the past 21 years |
| 43% | MDL | 3 | Land border that was decided by the Korean Armistice Agreement and which is surrounded on either side by a buffer zone (abbr.) |
| 42% | LEONA | 5 | Physicist Woods who was the only women on Enrico Fermi's team that built the first nuclear reactor |
| 42% | ALEE | 4 | On the side of a ship that's away from the wind |
| 42% | LOBSTER | 7 | Food that might be served with crackers on the side |
| 42% | CAROTID | 7 | Large artery on the side of the neck that pulses |
| 42% | DEFICIT | 7 | Amount of money that is short of the needed total |
| 41% | FREE | 4 | Like things that are on the house |
| 41% | PACIFIC | 7 | Ocean that is the largest on Earth |
| 41% | RES | 3 | Team that is on the bench: Abbr. |
| 41% | LOSE | 4 | Be on the short end |
| 41% | SAWEYETOEYE | 11 | Were on the same side |
| 41% | FOES | 4 | Those on the other side? |
| 40% | ELEMENTS | 8 | Things that are found on the periodic table |
| 40% | BOA | 3 | Reptile that will put the squeeze on you |
| 40% | IONIA | 5 | Region that was on the Gulf of Smyrna |