| 100% | ABSCONDS | 8 | Leaves hurriedly and secretly to avoid capture |
| 61% | ABSCOND | 7 | Depart secretly and quickly to avoid capture |
| 41% | ABSCOND | 7 | Leave hurriedly and secretively |
| 39% | ABSCOND | 7 | Leave hastily and secretly |
| 36% | TOOKAPOWDER | 11 | Left to avoid trouble |
| 34% | TOBACCO | 7 | Leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars |
| 34% | SUBTLE | 6 | To be discreet and avoid drawing attention |
| 33% | ABANDON | 7 | To leave someone and never return |
| 33% | FELT | 4 | Touched and left hurriedly |
| 33% | ISOLATES | 8 | Leaves prone to capture, as a pawn in chess |
| 33% | BOWLSOVER | 9 | Leaves flabbergasted, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 32% | CUTANDRUN | 9 | Leave hastily to avoid trouble (2/4) |
| 32% | SHEDS | 5 | Places to store shovels and leaf blowers |
| 32% | EELY | 4 | Slippery and hard to capture |
| 32% | TRAIN | 5 | Alternative to avoid the headaches of 17-, 26-, 44- and 58-Across |
| 32% | EMBARGO | 7 | Take me back to pub and leave ban |
| 32% | EVADED | 6 | Avoided, failed to be captured |
| 31% | TACKLESHOP | 10 | Place catering to the left and right of center? |
| 31% | NNW | 3 | Up and a little to the left, for short |
| 31% | PLATE | 5 | What utensils go to the left and right of |
| 31% | SUNTAN | 6 | The kind of lotion you put on to avoid sunburn and get a 25a |
| 30% | TURNINGPRO | 10 | Leaving the amateur ranks, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 30% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of a row; left to right, not up and down |
| 29% | VENUS | 5 | ___ flytrap, carnivorous plant which uses two jaw-like leaves to capture insects |
| 29% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | Pale-skinned stage and screen star (who had secretly planned to get...) |
| 29% | NEEM | 4 | Tree native to India and Africa whose leaf extracts have medicinal properties |
| 29% | QUITYOURSELF | 12 | Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? |
| 29% | SCRAMS | 6 | Leaves hurriedly |
| 29% | ESCAPE | 6 | Avoid capture |
| 29% | ELUDE | 5 | Avoid capture |