| 100% | UVEA | 4 | Layer beneath the sclera and cornea |
| 80% | UVEA | 4 | Structure beneath the sclera and cornea |
| 59% | UVEA | 4 | Layer between the sclera and the retina |
| 46% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer beneath the earth's crust |
| 45% | UVEA | 4 | Layer below the sclera |
| 41% | KERATITIS | 9 | Inflammation and swelling of the cornea |
| 41% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer between the crust and the core |
| 41% | UVEA | 4 | Eye layer below the sclera |
| 40% | EYE | 3 | Where the iris and cornea are |
| 40% | EYE | 3 | Where the retina and cornea are |
| 39% | ARMPIT | 6 | Area beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder |
| 38% | BLUBBER | 7 | The insulating fat layer of whales and seals |
| 38% | EYE | 3 | Where the cornea and retina are |
| 38% | LOIN | 4 | Part of body beneath the lowest rib and above the pelvis |
| 38% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer between the Earth's crust and outer core |
| 37% | IRR | 3 | Like the verbs be and lay: abbr. |
| 37% | MANTLE | 6 | Layer of the earth between the crust and the core |
| 35% | AQUEOUS | 7 | & 14A Watery fluid between the cornea and lens in an eyeball |
| 35% | DUFFY | 5 | Stella —, author of novels London Lies Beneath and The Purple Shroud |
| 34% | SAMSMITH | 8 | I'm Not the Only One and Lay Me Down singer |
| 33% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the phrase "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep" |
| 33% | EEL | 3 | Creature that may travel to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and lay eggs |
| 32% | SHAG | 4 | Layered "messy" haircut, sported by David Bowie and Joan Jett, that was common in the '70s |
| 32% | INNER | 5 | Beneath the surface |
| 32% | UNDERSEA | 8 | Beneath the waves |
| 32% | INWARDLY | 8 | Beneath the surface |
| 32% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Beneath the surface |
| 32% | PLATE | 5 | Piece of china laid between the fork and the spoon? |
| 32% | SUBSOIL | 7 | Layer of ground between the topsoil and bedrock |
| 32% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |