| 100% | SMA | 3 | Kind of request in Burns's "To a Mouse" |
| 70% | SMA | 3 | Kind of request in a Robert Burns poem |
| 57% | SESTET | 6 | Any stanza in Burns's "To a Mouse" |
| 52% | BEASTIE | 7 | Epithet for the mouse in Burns's "To a Mouse" |
| 51% | WEE | 3 | First word of Burns's "To a Mouse" |
| 51% | MUD | 3 | Kind of pie, or change a letter in 18d to get the answer |
| 51% | ASK | 3 | To request information in the form of a question |
| 48% | DOUBLEBLIND | 11 | Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | GRECOROMAN | 10 | Kind of wrestling ... or a hint to four pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle |
| 46% | STILETTO | 8 | Kind of shoe in which it’s difficult to walk on grass |
| 46% | FOURH | 5 | Kind of club that's a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | FRO | 3 | Kind of 'do it's really tough to wear a beanie with |
| 46% | COALS | 5 | Kind of rocks Santa may leave in a "naughty" one's stocking |
| 46% | ASH | 3 | Kind of tree, or what's left of a burnt tree |
| 45% | BREWERY | 7 | In a ___, there's no shortage of ___ to drink |
| 45% | EXT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 47-Across in a screenplay |
| 45% | INT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 38-Down in a screenplay |
| 45% | SHAG | 4 | Kind of rug that's bad to lose an earring in |
| 45% | STOPLOSS | 8 | Kind of order to a broker |
| 45% | IFTHEN | 6 | Kind of statement, to a programmer |
| 45% | CALORIC | 7 | Kind of intake, to a nutritionist |
| 45% | RIV | 3 | Kind of "vu" in a classified |
| 45% | INTAKE | 6 | Kind of valve in a car |
| 45% | SEX | 3 | Kind of scene in a movie |
| 45% | MITER | 5 | Kind of saw in a workshop |
| 45% | MAPLE | 5 | Kind of sap in a sugarhouse |
| 45% | ABO | 3 | Kind of system in a hospital |
| 45% | SIM | 3 | Kind of card in a smartphone |
| 45% | ESPRESSO | 8 | Kind of coffee in a latte |
| 45% | NOPARKIN | 8 | Kind of zone in a city |