| 100% | CORIOLIS | 8 | Kind of force generated by the earth's rotation |
| 55% | TIDAL | 5 | Kind of force created by the moon |
| 42% | ROUNDISH | 8 | Kind of like the earth |
| 41% | INCOME | 6 | Kind of tax authorized by the 16th Amendment |
| 41% | OZONE | 5 | Kind of layer protecting the earth |
| 41% | BLOODMOON | 9 | Lunar phenomenon caused by the red glow of light passing through Earth’s atmosphere |
| 40% | ARMADA | 6 | Force commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| 40% | KISS | 4 | Kind of a smooch given by the French? |
| 39% | REPRESSIVE | 10 | Restricting freedom by the use of force |
| 39% | WORD | 4 | Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 39% | CONQUEST | 8 | Territory gained by the use of military force |
| 39% | DAYS | 4 | Rotations of the earth |
| 38% | JUNGLE | 6 | Brothers who released Done by the Forces of Nature |
| 37% | PETESAMPRAS | 11 | He said "You kind of live and die by the serve" |
| 37% | ANATOMY | 7 | The kind of Lesson painted by Rembrandt in 1632 |
| 37% | CARNIVAL | 8 | The kind of Evening painted by Rousseau in 1886 |
| 37% | NEAPOLITAN | 10 | Kind of ice cream suggested by the starts of 21-, 27- and 47-Across |
| 37% | BAB | 3 | The — Ballads, 1868 volume of verse by W S Gilbert |
| 37% | BLUEFLU | 7 | Organized absence by members of the police force |
| 37% | CONTINENTAL | 11 | Kind of breakfast suggested by the starred answers (though they wouldn't actually be part of one) |
| 36% | ANGORA | 6 | Kind of wool that differs by one letter from the name of an African country |
| 36% | SKIN | 4 | By the ___ of one's teeth |
| 36% | SILICON | 7 | More than a quarter of the earth's crust, by mass |
| 36% | ALAMO | 5 | The —, Texan mission; site of an 1836 siege by Mexican forces |
| 36% | BARELY | 6 | By the skin of one's teeth |
| 36% | JUSTBARELY | 10 | By the skin of one’s teeth |
| 36% | DAY | 3 | One rotation of the earth |
| 36% | AXIS | 4 | Earth's line of rotation |
| 36% | AXIS | 4 | Earth's center of rotation |
| 36% | HEY | 3 | "___ There Delilah," 2006 song by the Plain White T's featuring Delilah, who is just the kind of girl they sing songs about |