| 100% | PRIMARYCARET | 12 | Indication of a last-minute candidate on an early ballot? |
| 40% | GARBAGETIME | 11 | Last minutes of a blowout game |
| 40% | ICEBOX | 6 | An earlier version of a refrigerator |
| 40% | FORESHADOW | 10 | Be an early indication of |
| 39% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who appeared on an early episode of Selling Sunset |
| 38% | RIM | 3 | Orange part of a hoop on an NBA court |
| 37% | ARBOR | 5 | Subject of a celebration on the last Friday in April |
| 37% | CLUES | 5 | Parts of a crossword that the constructor works on last |
| 37% | BAYWINDOW | 9 | Large glazed alcove on an outer wall of a building |
| 37% | RAST | 4 | An allergy test done on a sample of blood |
| 36% | WROTEIN | 7 | Picked a candidate not on the ballot |
| 36% | CLASSSECRETARY | 14 | Taker of minutes on a student council |
| 36% | BROKEN | 6 | With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue |
| 36% | ALT | 3 | Word on an online photo that links to a description of it |
| 36% | ESSAY | 5 | A piece of writing on a topic, usually an assignment |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | Sharer of an exclamation point on a keyboard |
| 36% | MOVIEPIRACY | 11 | Subject of an FBI warning on a DVD |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | Partner of an exclamation point on a keyboard |
| 36% | AERY | 4 | Dwelling on an elevated and secluded position, like a nest of an eagle |
| 36% | GYROSCOPE | 9 | Device invented by Leon Foucault consisting of a spinning wheel on an axle |
| 36% | REDSTATES | 9 | They're right on an election map … or a description of 17-Across? |
| 35% | ZEBRA | 5 | Image on the last page of an alphabet book |
| 35% | ZINNIA | 6 | Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones |
| 35% | SUPPLY | 6 | Amount of an item a business has on hand |
| 35% | ASTRIDE | 7 | With a leg on each side of an animal |
| 35% | METEORITE | 9 | Piece of an asteroid after impact on a planet |
| 35% | ESSAY | 5 | Piece of writing on a topic, usually an assignment |
| 35% | URHAMLET | 8 | Play that may be an early version of a Shakespeare tragedy set in Denmark |
| 35% | BARNEY | 6 | Purple dinosaur on an upcoming Cartoon Network reboot of a long-running PBS series |
| 35% | FIDDLE | 6 | Opposite of on one's last legs: fit as a __ |