| 100% | NONOONSENSE | 11 | Lack of any desire for lunch? |
| 49% | EASE | 4 | Lack of any difficulty |
| 45% | INCURIOSITY | 11 | Lack of desire to know |
| 42% | TINEAR | 6 | Lack of a knack for music |
| 41% | OSCARNOMINATION | 15 | Any of 21 for Streep |
| 41% | OSCAR | 5 | Any of three for Meryl |
| 41% | ONSPEC | 6 | Lacking any guarantee of being paid |
| 41% | HAPHAZARD | 9 | Lacking any obvious principle of organization |
| 41% | GRAMMY | 6 | Any of six for the Eagles |
| 41% | EMMYNOD | 7 | Any of 112 for ''The Sopranos'' |
| 40% | GLUTE | 5 | Any of the buttocks muscles, for short |
| 40% | ISLE | 4 | Any of the Florida Keys, for example |
| 39% | REP | 3 | Any of 435 Capitol Hill politicians, for short |
| 39% | QUINT | 5 | Any of the Dionnes, for short |
| 38% | PAULINEKAEL | 11 | She “mistakes lack of civility for vitality,” according to 4-Across |
| 38% | REVUE | 5 | Any one of Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies", for example |
| 38% | PAN | 3 | Attracted to people of any gender, for short |
| 38% | AFRO | 4 | Hairdo for any of the Jackson 5 |
| 38% | ERN | 3 | Suffix for any of the cardinal directions |
| 38% | SWEDE | 5 | Any member of ABBA, for example |
| 37% | MALWARE | 7 | Cyber security term for any kind of disruptive software |
| 37% | REGISTRY | 8 | List of desired items for a shower or wedding |
| 36% | STEAL | 5 | Any of 1,406 for Rickey Henderson |
| 36% | SIR | 3 | Title for any of the Knights of the Round Table |
| 36% | ASRAMAS | 7 | Sanskrit for any of the Hindu four stages of life |
| 36% | MAV | 3 | Nickname for any member of a Dallas professional basketball team |
| 36% | PILLAR | 6 | Architectural term for any of Islam's five basic practices |
| 36% | ENVIOUS | 7 | Full of desire for something someone else has |
| 36% | PIN | 3 | Any of 10 targets for a bowling ball |
| 36% | ANEMIA | 6 | Cause for a lack of vitality |