| 100% | UNDERSTAND | 10 | Like pat or still, reading down |
| 60% | OVERWEIGHT | 10 | Like paper or light, reading down |
| 42% | FRISK | 5 | Pat down, like at an airport |
| 40% | INLOW | 5 | Like trucks going up or down a steep hill |
| 39% | HOST | 4 | TV personality like Jimmy Fallon or Pat Sajak |
| 39% | DANGLE | 6 | Droop or hang down, like a loose thread |
| 36% | TAMP | 4 | Pack down, like gunpowder or tobacco |
| 36% | NORSE | 5 | Like Odin or 9-Down |
| 36% | GERMAN | 6 | Like Brahms or 1-Down |
| 35% | CRUSH | 5 | Recipient of a note reading “Do you like me? Check yes or no” |
| 34% | YOYO | 4 | Move up and down, like body weight or a toy on a string: Hyph. |
| 34% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Burlesque act, or read phonetically, how to make phrases like five in this puzzle |
| 34% | BOONE | 5 | Pat or Daniel |
| 34% | DAB | 3 | Pat or tap |
| 34% | NFLERS | 6 | Pats or Jags |
| 33% | VERB | 4 | Action word like "read" or "write" |
| 33% | SEEDY | 5 | Like a run-down bar or a dark alley |
| 33% | READ | 4 | *Light ___, a casual or undemanding book like one you'd want to read at the beach |
| 33% | GENRE | 5 | (1/5) Let's read a book! Do you like fiction, fantasy or romance? Pick a ___ |
| 32% | BEN | 3 | Stein or Stiller |
| 32% | BEN | 3 | Affleck or Stiller |
| 32% | BEN | 3 | Kingsley or Stiller |
| 32% | BEN | 3 | Savage or Stiller |
| 32% | TRIOS | 5 | Groups of three, like Crosby, Stills & Nash or Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| 32% | APT | 3 | Like the name "Pat Down" for a border security agent |
| 32% | OPP | 3 | Like "up" to "down," or "right" to "left," for short |
| 32% | AVID | 4 | Like an ardent stamp collector or book reader |
| 32% | YOUNG | 5 | With 68-Across, still feeling like a teenager, say ... or a hint to the answers with shading |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | With 2-Down, like Emme, Pelé, or Yanni |
| 32% | PHASE | 5 | Moon stage, like 8-Across or 2-Down |