| 100% | COMMA | 5 | Important feature of the sentence "I like cooking, family and friends" |
| 42% | BEATIT | 6 | End of the sentence "Make like a drum and ..." |
| 39% | FLIES | 5 | "Lord of the ___," 1954 William Golding novel featuring characters like Piggy and Ralph |
| 37% | EOAN | 4 | Like the family of asteroids that includes 450 Brigitta, 339 Dorothea and 562 Salome |
| 37% | CHERRYPICKING | 13 | I sent this crossword to 100 friends, and two of them really liked it! |
| 36% | SILENTA | 7 | Feature of the words "bread" and "aisle" |
| 36% | BIRDS | 5 | Features of the Duolingo and Twitter icons |
| 36% | POTLUCKPARTY | 12 | "Martha & Snoop's ___ Challenge," third season of the celebrity cooking show featuring Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TREE | 4 | Feature of the flags of Lebanon and Belize |
| 36% | TEXASACCENT | 11 | Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses |
| 36% | SUN | 3 | Feature of the flags of Kazakhstan, Kurdistan and Kyrgyzstan |
| 36% | HYPHEN | 6 | Feature of the words "bright-eyed" and "bushy-tailed" |
| 36% | FEMALELEAD | 10 | Feature of the movies "Kill Bill" and "Lady Bird" |
| 35% | ROTUNDAS | 8 | Features of the U.S. Capitol and Rome's Pantheon |
| 35% | GOT | 3 | "America's ___ Talent," a long running talent show featuring the likes of Nick Cannon and Sharon Osbourne |
| 35% | LIMESKINTONE | 12 | Feature of Shrek and the Hulk? |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | "Tattoo ___," 1981 studio album by The Rolling Stones which features "Start Me Up" and "Waiting On a Friend" |
| 34% | DATED | 5 | Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past |
| 34% | YUL | 3 | Brynner of The King and I" |
| 34% | ALANON | 6 | Support group for families and friends of people with drinking problems |
| 33% | MILAN | 5 | Home of the Visconti and Sforza families |
| 33% | PETS | 4 | Friends of the family, often |
| 33% | TIGHT | 5 | Like the best of friends |
| 33% | THREELINES | 10 | Feature of haiku, and of the answers to starred clues |
| 33% | OROGRAPHY | 9 | Study of the formation and features of mountains |
| 33% | ROMAN | 5 | Like the numerals V and I |
| 33% | OTIS | 4 | "The Adventures of Milo and ___" (1986 family film featuring a cat and a dog) |
| 33% | LANNISTER | 9 | House ___, family with characters like Tyrion and Jaime, who are ruthless rivals of House Stark in the drama series "Game of Thrones" |
| 33% | HES | 3 | "___ Just Not That into You," a 2009 romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast with the likes of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston |
| 33% | SPOONERISM | 10 | Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across |