| 100% | ASCENDS | 7 | Is caught up in the Rapture, e.g. |
| 58% | BAKER | 5 | "Caught Up in the Rapture" singer Anita |
| 58% | ANITA | 5 | “Caught Up in the Rapture” singer Baker |
| 51% | DEADCHEAT | 9 | Poker player in the Old West after being caught with a card up his sleeve? |
| 51% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | What a bracketologist is caught up in |
| 50% | GETSWET | 7 | Is caught in a downpour, e.g. |
| 48% | SOAR | 4 | Be up in the air |
| 48% | PLANED | 6 | Was up in the air |
| 48% | PEND | 4 | Be up in the air |
| 47% | OCTET | 5 | The kids in "Eight Is Enough," e.g. |
| 46% | BLUE | 4 | Navy, e.g., or what the starred answers can be, in various ways |
| 45% | CAB | 3 | It might be caught in the rain |
| 45% | CABS | 4 | They might be caught in the rain |
| 45% | RAYS | 4 | They may be caught in the summer |
| 45% | SKI | 3 | Compete in the Super G, e.g. |
| 45% | SPED | 4 | Was caught in a radar trap on the highway, say |
| 45% | DEER | 4 | Animal that may be caught in the headlights |
| 45% | SCENT | 5 | It may be picked up in the woods |
| 45% | FILES | 5 | They might be backed up in the cloud |
| 45% | COTS | 4 | They may be folded up in the morning |
| 44% | IMPROVISE | 9 | To make up on the spot, e.g. in acting or comedy |
| 44% | MOVE | 4 | ___ up in the world (be successful) |
| 43% | WET | 3 | Like your clothes after you've been caught in the rain |
| 43% | SUREBET | 7 | That the sun will rise in the East, e.g. |
| 42% | PILOTS | 6 | Their prospects are up in the air |
| 42% | LIE | 3 | "This is not the last clue in this puzzle," e.g. |
| 42% | LINEUP | 6 | The order that players are up to bat in baseball |
| 42% | ENL | 3 | In the U.S.M.C., e.g. |
| 41% | INFIELDFLY | 10 | Pop-up that results in the batter being called out even if the ball isn't caught |
| 41% | ENL | 3 | In the 29-Down, e.g.: Abbr. |