| 100% | SEPARATE | 8 | Like checks, when splitting the tab |
| 53% | GODUTCH | 7 | Split the tab |
| 53% | GOESDUTCH | 9 | Splits the tab |
| 49% | GODUTCH | 7 | Split the check |
| 46% | VENMOED | 7 | Split the check with an app, perhaps |
| 45% | GOESDUTCH | 9 | Splits the check at a restaurant: 2 wds. |
| 45% | INTHEMAIL | 9 | Like the check, often |
| 43% | AFIRE | 5 | Like Troy when the Greeks won |
| 43% | DREARY | 6 | Like the midnight when the raven visits |
| 42% | DURAN | 5 | When doubled, "Hungry Like the Wolf" band |
| 42% | DURAN | 5 | When repeated, "Hungry Like the Wolf" band |
| 42% | AROAR | 5 | Like the sea when waves are crashing |
| 42% | BENT | 4 | Like elbows when making the "M" in the "YMCA" dance |
| 42% | ATWORK | 6 | Like Noah, when putting TWO in the ARK? |
| 42% | RUSTED | 6 | Like the Tin Man when Dorothy found him |
| 41% | AROAR | 5 | Like a crowd when the headliner takes the stage |
| 41% | ENDORSE | 7 | Sign, like the back of a check |
| 40% | GIBBOUS | 7 | Like the moon when it isn't crescent or full |
| 40% | WEE | 3 | Like the hours when a night owl is awake, perhaps |
| 40% | ECLIPSED | 8 | Outshone, like when the moon covers the sun |
| 39% | CLEAR | 5 | Like a day when you can see far into the distance |
| 39% | ITS | 3 | With 57-Across, welcome words when the check arrives |
| 39% | WIDER | 5 | Dentist's request when checking the mouth (comparative form) |
| 39% | AGILER | 6 | Like someone who can trip the light fantastic, when compared to me |
| 38% | PATROLS | 7 | Does a security check around the block like a cop |
| 38% | ENCLOSES | 8 | Inserts in the same envelope, like your tax check, maybe |
| 38% | SUMMERY | 7 | Like the weather when it's time to break out the rosé, say |
| 38% | RUSTED | 6 | Like the Tin Man when we meet him in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 38% | RUSTED | 6 | Like the Tin Man, when Dorothy meets him in "The Wizard of Oz" |