| 100% | BYRIGHTS | 8 | If things had been just |
| 52% | SCIENCE | 7 | "___ is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it": Einstein |
| 49% | TRADITION | 9 | How things have always been done |
| 48% | PICKYEATER | 10 | One who is just not having it |
| 46% | PLANSTO | 7 | Will, if things proceed as intended |
| 46% | PARENT | 6 | If you have children you are a __ |
| 46% | AISLES | 6 | Things that may have to be cleared |
| 46% | WHATSNEWWITHYOU | 15 | "How have things been lately?" |
| 46% | NEED | 4 | (2/8) "...There is just one thing I ___ (and I)..." |
| 45% | SCOPE | 5 | It will have you seeing things |
| 44% | SHOAT | 5 | Young pig that has just been weaned |
| 44% | ESTATELAW | 9 | Important thing to know, if you will |
| 44% | INVITE | 6 | If you don't have one, you'll be crashing |
| 44% | DABBLE | 6 | Be a dilettante, rather than focusing on just one thing |
| 44% | ADDITIONS | 9 | Things that have been incorporated, became part of |
| 44% | NICE | 4 | "This is why we can't have ___ things" |
| 43% | OLDS | 4 | "They are just a bunch of sixteen year ___ looking to have some fun." |
| 43% | JINXED | 6 | If you have lots of bad luck, you might be this |
| 43% | ATONEMENTS | 10 | Things which some people will have to make on September 28 |
| 43% | EQUALITYTESTING | 15 | Assessment to see if two things are the same? |
| 43% | SOTHATSIT | 9 | “We’re just leaving things where they are, then?” |
| 43% | ORE | 3 | Mineral that has just been extracted from a mine |
| 41% | ELVIS | 5 | ___ Presley, singer of "Goin' Home" who might have just been homesick |
| 41% | NICE | 4 | "This Is Why We Can't Have ___ Things" (Taylor Swift song) |
| 41% | FASTRELIEF | 10 | The only thing we have to fear is ... feeling better quickly? |
| 41% | EATEN | 5 | Like things that have been packed away |
| 41% | EATEN | 5 | Like things that have been bolted down? |
| 40% | ATTHATRATE | 10 | "If things were to continue thus ..." |
| 40% | TWOHANDS | 8 | Things a clock has ... or, literally, what 17-, 25-, 35- and 50-Across are |
| 40% | LEIDETECTORTEST | 15 | One way to know if an employee has secretly been to Hawaii? |