| 100% | LUMBAR | 6 | Kind of support for the lower back |
| 54% | TECH | 4 | Kind of support for a computer user |
| 51% | ICED | 4 | Kind of tea for the summer |
| 51% | EGO | 3 | Kind of trip for the conceited |
| 51% | LASIK | 5 | Kind of surgery for the eyes |
| 51% | ONES | 4 | Kind of place for the summer? |
| 50% | COAL | 4 | Kind of mine for The Police's canary |
| 50% | EGO | 3 | Kind of "trip" for the immodest |
| 50% | LUMBAR | 6 | Of the lower back |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the answers to the starred clues |
| 49% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 48% | SOCAL | 5 | Nickname for the lower portion of the Golden State |
| 48% | PEAR | 4 | Kind of tree for the partridge in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 46% | LUMBAR | 6 | Region of the lower back |
| 46% | OCCIPUT | 7 | Anatomical term for the back of the head |
| 45% | FIBULAE | 7 | Plural for the smaller of the lower-leg bones |
| 45% | TONNEAU | 7 | Removable cover for the back seat of a convertible |
| 45% | CALF | 4 | Back of the lower leg |
| 44% | NAUTICAL | 8 | The kind of nonsense SpongeBob viewers wish for |
| 44% | LOIN | 4 | Part of the lower back also called the lumbus |
| 44% | ISCHIUM | 7 | Lower and back part of the human hip bone |
| 44% | LAPEL | 5 | The French friend comes back for part of jacket |
| 44% | MON | 3 | Back-to-work day of the week, for short |
| 43% | FAVA | 4 | A kind of broad bean named for the Italian word for "bean" |
| 43% | LOIN | 4 | The part of the lower back also called the lumbus |
| 43% | HEADREST | 8 | Support at the top of a seat, for the noggin |
| 43% | CALF | 4 | Back part of the lower leg |
| 43% | CALVES | 6 | The backs of the lower legs |
| 43% | WOOFER | 6 | Loudspeaker used in hi-fi systems for the reproduction of low audio frequencies |
| 42% | ENDORSED | 8 | Signed for deposit, as the back of a check |