| 100% | TREAD | 5 | Lack of this results in baldness |
| 54% | TREAD | 5 | Its lack results in baldness |
| 54% | ALBINISM | 8 | Inherited disorder resulting in lack of melanin |
| 52% | RBIS | 4 | A grand slam homer results in four of these: Abbr. |
| 48% | BOOT | 4 | Result of a parking violation ... as illustrated four times in this puzzle? |
| 46% | COURAGE | 7 | Lion lacked this trait in Wizard of Oz |
| 46% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Result of not following through (of which there are four examples in this puzzle's grid) |
| 44% | DROUGHT | 7 | Lack of rain in desert |
| 43% | PALLOR | 6 | Lack of color in the face |
| 43% | FATAL | 5 | Resulting in the death of someone |
| 43% | PROTEIN | 7 | Kwashiorkor is caused by a lack of this nutrient |
| 42% | PALENESS | 8 | Lack of color in one's complexion |
| 42% | NOBONES | 7 | Lack of objections, in a phrase |
| 42% | RUST | 4 | Lack of practice, in a way |
| 42% | NEED | 4 | In __ of; lacking |
| 42% | VALIDITY | 8 | Results in experiments need this to be useful |
| 42% | ANOMIE | 6 | Lack of values, as in a people |
| 41% | OUNCES | 6 | 16 of these in a pound |
| 41% | HEREAT | 6 | Because of this, in legalese |
| 41% | HYPOXIC | 7 | Lack of oxygen in the blood; holding your breath |
| 41% | ATHEISM | 7 | Disbelief or lack of belief in gods |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | There was much of this in Shakespeare |
| 41% | ADO | 3 | There's much of this in Shakespeare |
| 41% | FORTRESS | 8 | Superman has one of these in solitude |
| 41% | PLEBE | 5 | Ike was one of these in 1911 |
| 41% | CALIENTE | 8 | Theme of this puzzle, in Spanish |
| 41% | SECTS | 5 | Results of schisms in -isms? |
| 40% | LATESTART | 9 | Result of sleeping in, say |
| 40% | OUTS | 4 | A double play results in two of them |
| 40% | FAT | 3 | Buildup of this in the body causes obesity |