| 100% | MANSE | 5 | House occupied by a Presbyterian minister (yes, there's a word for this!) |
| 36% | MANSE | 5 | House a Presbyterian minister lives in |
| 34% | THESAURUS | 9 | Is there another word for this book |
| 34% | SWIMMING | 8 | Natation is a proper word for this sport |
| 33% | ICANEXPLAIN | 11 | "There's a perfectly good reason for this" |
| 33% | TASTES | 6 | There's no accounting for these |
| 32% | TABARNAK | 8 | Quebecois expletive derived from a word for a house of worship |
| 32% | OLD | 3 | There's no country for these men |
| 32% | SLOGAN | 6 | This word for a tagline originally meant a war cry |
| 32% | DEMESNE | 7 | Middle English word for land surrounding a house |
| 32% | RHYME | 5 | Type of word searched for by a lyricist |
| 32% | BLUECHECK | 9 | Mark obtained by paying for the premium service named in this answer's first word |
| 32% | MAD | 3 | 2008 song by Ne-Yo whose title is also a word for being upset that's often used to describe a bull's emotions |
| 31% | BASEBALLDIAMOND | 15 | Setting for a 20-Across ... as represented by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 31% | ATAXIA | 6 | Lack of coordination often a sign of a cerebellum problem, described by this word derived from the Greek for "lack of order" |
| 31% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 31% | AFT | 3 | On a ship, this is the word for behind |
| 31% | PLY | 3 | A word for practicing one's' trade |
| 31% | HRS | 3 | There are 24 of these in a day, for short |
| 31% | LOVEISALLAROUND | 15 | 1968 hit for the Troggs, and a hint to what can precede this puzzle's perimeter words |
| 31% | PGTHIRTEEN | 10 | Somewhat family-friendly ... or a title for this puzzle, as suggested by the completed grid? |
| 30% | LAST | 4 | There's no medal for this final place in the race |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 30% | FELLOW | 6 | For he's a jolly good this |
| 30% | YALL | 4 | "___ ready for this?" (opening of a pump-up jam by 2 Unlimited) |
| 30% | HAPPY | 5 | 2011 song by Pharrell Williams whose title is also a word for being joyful and describes the emotion behind a smile |
| 30% | DRYEYE | 6 | It's said that there is not a single one of these "in the house" during a sad movie |
| 30% | NOEL | 4 | (2/3) Pere ___ is the name he goes by in France, which is also a word for a carol |
| 30% | GLACIER | 7 | There's a national park named for one |
| 30% | YOUAREHERE | 10 | Words by a map's arrow |