| 100% | OVEREATS | 8 | Has thirds or fourths, say |
| 56% | OVEREAT | 7 | Have thirds, say |
| 56% | GORGE | 5 | Have thirds, say |
| 56% | OVERATE | 7 | Had thirds, say |
| 53% | EATS | 4 | Has breakfast or lunch, say |
| 53% | NUTTED | 6 | Having macadamias or pecans, say |
| 53% | ATE | 3 | Had breakfast or lunch, say |
| 49% | ATE | 3 | Had samosas or dim sum, say |
| 49% | STREET | 6 | "Miracle on Third or Fourth ___," 1993 Christmas episode from the TV series "Frasier" |
| 48% | EAT | 3 | Have mahi-mahi or shabu-shabu, say |
| 48% | AIL | 3 | Have a cold or the flu, say |
| 47% | MEDAL | 5 | Place first, second or third, say |
| 46% | REVIVAL | 7 | Second or third staging on Broadway, say |
| 46% | SWEETER | 7 | Having more sugar or honey, say |
| 44% | BASEMAN | 7 | Word with second or third, but not fourth or fifth |
| 43% | SIGIL | 5 | An inscribed or painted symbol, said to have magical power |
| 42% | EATATON | 7 | Have seconds and thirds and fourths and ... |
| 42% | OLAF | 4 | "Frozen" character who says "I don't have a skull. Or bones." |
| 41% | STARTSWITHABANG | 15 | Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? |
| 40% | OVERATE | 7 | Had thirds, maybe |
| 40% | FRACTION | 8 | Third or sixth |
| 39% | AIL | 3 | Ache all over or have a cold, say |
| 39% | IMALLEARS | 9 | "You have my full attention" … or something 17-, 24-, 38- and 51-Across might say? |
| 39% | DAD | 3 | Third or sixth row |
| 39% | DEGREE | 6 | Third or nth follower |
| 37% | NEWBEGINNINGS | 13 | Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53- and 58-Across all have? |
| 37% | AUXILIARYVERB | 13 | Have, say |
| 36% | BASE | 4 | First, second, third or home |
| 36% | INTERVAL | 8 | Minor third or flatted fifth |
| 36% | DEGREE | 6 | Word after third or advanced |