| 100% | AVUNCULAR | 9 | Having the characteristics of an uncle |
| 63% | EPICENE | 7 | Having the characteristics of both sexes |
| 60% | AUNT | 4 | The wife of an uncle |
| 59% | OVAL | 4 | Having the shape of an egg |
| 55% | MASTERLY | 8 | Having the knowledge and ability of an expert |
| 52% | SENT | 4 | Status of an email that has left the outbox |
| 51% | ATOMS | 5 | The universe has an estimated 10^82 of them |
| 49% | CUCKOO | 6 | The __ bird has an odd call, also a type of clock |
| 49% | POE | 3 | The Mystery Writers of America have an award named after him |
| 49% | AVUNCULAR | 9 | Of an uncle |
| 48% | ENDEMIC | 7 | Characteristic of an area |
| 48% | INSTAGRAM | 9 | Where the photo of an egg has generated more than 50 million likes |
| 48% | ALCS | 4 | An Astro has won its MVP in four of the last six years |
| 48% | VENTRICLE | 9 | A cavity in an organ; the heart has two of them |
| 47% | PISTACHIO | 9 | Tree of the cashew family whose nuts have an edible green kernel |
| 46% | INSIGHT | 7 | Characteristic of an interminable slog, literally |
| 46% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 46% | PROSANDCONS | 11 | Both sides of an argument, and what have been switched to create the answers to the starred clues |
| 45% | ICET | 4 | One of the first musicians to have an "explicit content" sticker on an album |
| 45% | CYLINDER | 8 | The power unit of an engine; most cars have 4 or 6 |
| 45% | HAT | 3 | Part of an Uncle Sam costume |
| 45% | GOATEE | 6 | Part of an Uncle Sam costume |
| 45% | BEARD | 5 | Part of an Uncle Sam costume |
| 45% | BALDCAP | 7 | Part of an Uncle Fester costume |
| 45% | TYPIFY | 6 | Exemplify or embody the characteristics of |
| 45% | ALIKE | 5 | Having the same characteristics |
| 45% | TYPIFY | 6 | Have the usual characteristics |
| 44% | THEATRICAL | 10 | Characteristic of the stage |
| 44% | MODERNDAY | 9 | Characteristic of the present |
| 44% | ERA | 3 | The end of an ___ |