| 100% | KEEPTABSON | 10 | Have under observation or in check |
| 38% | STEM | 4 | Check, or what the starred answers all have |
| 38% | ACTED | 5 | Had a role in a movie or play |
| 38% | NORM | 4 | Having two or three kids in a family, nowadays |
| 38% | BETS | 4 | Goes over or under, in a way |
| 37% | BELIEVE | 7 | To have faith in someone or something |
| 37% | DRINKS | 6 | Liquids to have in glasses or mugs |
| 37% | ICE | 3 | Bag filler, or have in the bag |
| 36% | NEEDSADULTSUPERVISION | 21 | In other words, mom or dad will have to operate it |
| 36% | LITUP | 5 | Eyes might have done this in excitement or joy |
| 36% | TEA | 3 | Brew that might have ice or spice in it |
| 35% | SHOWERCAP | 9 | Keeps your hair dry in the bath or under sprinkler |
| 35% | CARBS | 5 | What potatoes, rice or pasta have in abundance, for short |
| 35% | KEYWORDS | 8 | Index entries ... or what 10 answers in this puzzle have? |
| 35% | POTENTIALENERGY | 15 | What a coiled spring or charged battery has, in physics |
| 35% | CRICKET | 7 | Game in which each team has one or two innings |
| 35% | TYP | 3 | Having distinctive qualities or symbolic in a way, for short |
| 35% | METEOR | 6 | Piece of rock or metal that has showers in space |
| 35% | PUNGENCY | 8 | Having a strong, sharp smell or flavor that is overpowering, often in food |
| 35% | BAGGAGE | 7 | You might check it or put it in the overhead compartment |
| 35% | COIL | 4 | Helix you may find in a heater or under your mattress |
| 35% | NOONE | 5 | Who has finished a 100-meter dash in under nine seconds |
| 35% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar film, or what the starred answers have in common |
| 35% | FITTINGENDING | 13 | Satisfying close ... or what 20- and 55-Across have in common? |
| 35% | ACE | 3 | Fortunate card to have with a queen or king in blackjack |
| 35% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 35% | SPLITSECOND | 11 | Brief moment, or what three long answers in this puzzle have? |
| 35% | OPEC | 4 | Intl. group that has no members in Europe or North America |
| 34% | CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH | 19 | Having similar qualities ... or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are? |
| 34% | DEJECTION | 9 | Sadness ... or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common |