| 100% | CANTUNSEE | 9 | Is shocked or horrified by the image of, jocularly |
| 38% | MENTAL | 6 | Of or done by the mind |
| 37% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 37% | ABACK | 5 | Be taken by surprise or shocked |
| 36% | MAJORITY | 8 | The quality or state of being greater |
| 36% | AWE | 3 | The feeling of amazement or being wonderstruck |
| 36% | UTILITY | 7 | The state of being useful or beneficial |
| 36% | LYING | 5 | The act of being dishonest or untruthful |
| 36% | AERIE | 5 | The largest one of these was in Florida, weighted an estimated 4,000 lb plus and built by one or more pairs of Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| 36% | EXISTENCE | 9 | The fact or state of living or being |
| 36% | GENESIS | 7 | The origin or coming into being of something |
| 36% | SERENITY | 8 | The state or quality of being calm, tranquil |
| 36% | FIDELITY | 8 | The quality or state of being faithful; exactness |
| 36% | PICTURES | 8 | "___ of You," hit song by The Cure ... or images captured while photographing |
| 35% | HANDLE | 6 | The part of something by which it is held |
| 35% | PROMOTION | 9 | The act of being raised in position or rank |
| 35% | CLARITY | 7 | The quality of being easy to see or hear |
| 35% | OBSTRUCT | 8 | Be or get in the way of |
| 35% | EXTORTION | 9 | The act of getting things by force or with threats |
| 35% | PNEUMONIA | 9 | Inflammation of the lungs by viruses or bacteria |
| 34% | SOLSTICE | 8 | The time of year when the sun is highest or lowest |
| 34% | ASPECT | 6 | __ ratio: width by height of an image or screen |
| 34% | CRUCIFIX | 8 | An image or model of Jesus on the cross |
| 34% | ELECTRIC | 8 | Defibrillation is an __ shock to the chest or heart |
| 34% | SURFACE | 7 | Erosion is the eating away of a __ or area |
| 34% | PATIENCE | 8 | "Have the __ of a saint" or "__ is a virtue" |
| 34% | CONCUR | 6 | To agree with or be of the same opinion |
| 34% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 34% | ION | 3 | Electrically charged atom formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons |
| 34% | THEEND | 6 | Song by the Doors that, paradoxically, is heard at the start of "Apocalypse Now" |