| 100% | NORM | 4 | It's what's to be expected |
| 73% | ONESELF | 7 | What it's usually best to be |
| 71% | SORTS | 5 | What it's not good to be out of |
| 71% | PAR | 3 | It's to be expected |
| 71% | NORM | 4 | It's to be expected |
| 67% | PLACEPLACEAT | 12 | What it's impossible to be in |
| 63% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 63% | NATURE | 6 | It's "loved by what is best in us," according to Emerson |
| 60% | AGAINSTTHEGRAIN | 15 | Contrary to what is expected |
| 60% | DUE | 3 | What's to be paid |
| 59% | RRATED | 6 | What you'd expect horror films to be |
| 59% | INKY | 4 | What you'd expect a press to be |
| 59% | SHAM | 4 | Not what it seems to be |
| 59% | ILLUSORY | 8 | Not what it appears to be |
| 59% | GENUINE | 7 | Completely what it claims to be |
| 59% | PRO | 3 | It's a plus, and what must be added to 14-, 20- and 29-Across |
| 59% | SOCK | 4 | What you'd expect to be around a foot |
| 59% | DELICASE | 8 | What you'd expect to be full of baloney |
| 59% | PRO | 3 | What Roger Federer is, when it comes to Tennis |
| 59% | QUACKSLIKEADUCK | 15 | Appears to be just what it is |
| 59% | ARBOR | 5 | You'd expect it to be shady |
| 58% | JIG | 3 | It's often said to be "up" |
| 58% | CRIB | 4 | It's the place to be, baby! |
| 58% | OBEY | 4 | What a well-trained dog will do in response to its owner's commands |
| 58% | VIIIBALL | 8 | It's not good to be behind it |
| 58% | RENT | 4 | What's to be paid to a landlord |
| 58% | ICE | 3 | It's what most comets are made of |
| 58% | ESP | 3 | It's often considered to be pseudoscientific: Abbr. |
| 57% | INSPOT | 6 | It's *the* place to be |
| 57% | ERUPT | 5 | What an active volcano is expected to do at some point |