| 100% | COSMICJOKE | 10 | Life itself, to a crepehanger |
| 57% | REMORA | 6 | Fish that attaches itself to a host |
| 56% | REMORA | 6 | Fish that can attach itself to a boat |
| 56% | REMORA | 6 | Fish that may attach itself to a 68-Across |
| 55% | IPSA | 4 | Itself, to a lawyer speaking Latin |
| 51% | RETIRED | 7 | Turned to a life of leisure, ended work life |
| 51% | PARADOX | 7 | A statement that seems to contradict itself |
| 51% | FROSTY | 6 | A silk hat brought him to life |
| 50% | DOWNSHIFT | 9 | Change to a lower gear or simpler way of life |
| 50% | BARNACLE | 8 | A crustacean that attaches itself solidly to rocks |
| 50% | ZOMBIE | 6 | A dead person magically brought back to life |
| 50% | RELIT | 5 | Brought a cigar back to life |
| 50% | BASE | 4 | Place to lead a private life? |
| 50% | PALM | 4 | Where to find a life line |
| 49% | SEDENTARY | 9 | A life of little movement, akin to office workers |
| 49% | FIN | 3 | What a fish uses to steer itself |
| 49% | ODOR | 4 | What a stinkbug emits to defend itself |
| 49% | FRAY | 4 | The ___ ("How to Save a Life" band) |
| 49% | EASEL | 5 | Where a painting may come to life? |
| 49% | ANIMATE | 7 | Give life to a character |
| 48% | BARNACLE | 8 | Hard-shelled creature that attaches itself to the bottom of a boat |
| 48% | DOUBLEINDEMNITY | 15 | Classic film noir whose title refers to a life insurance policy clause |
| 48% | HOW | 3 | "___ to Save a Life" (2006 hit for the Fray) |
| 48% | AUTONYM | 7 | Word a group uses to refer it itself |
| 48% | META | 4 | Like a crossword clue that refers to itself |
| 48% | REFER | 5 | What a meta clue might do to itself |
| 48% | AUTOPILOT | 9 | System that allows a plane to fly itself |
| 48% | OVERHAUL | 8 | Revamp, give a new lease of life to |
| 48% | LAZARUS | 7 | The __ effect, based on a return to life |
| 48% | FRAY | 4 | "How to Save a Life" band, with "The" |