| 100% | SNOB | 4 | Like someone with their nose in the air |
| 71% | SNOBS | 5 | Ones with their noses in the air |
| 55% | SNOB | 4 | One with his nose in the air |
| 46% | AVIATED | 7 | Kept one's nose in the air? |
| 46% | SNOOTY | 6 | Having one's nose in the air |
| 45% | DOMINANT | 8 | Like someone with the most power |
| 45% | RHYMING | 7 | Like 17-, 26-, 40-, 51- and 64-Across, with respect to the numbers in their clues |
| 44% | SNOBS | 5 | People who turn their noses up in the air |
| 43% | WAFT | 4 | Drift in the air, like an aroma |
| 43% | LINGERS | 7 | Stays in the air, like a bad smell |
| 43% | WAFT | 4 | Float gently in the air, like dandelion seeds |
| 43% | WET | 3 | Like someone caught in the rain |
| 43% | OLD | 3 | Like someone with a lot of candles on their birthday cake |
| 42% | LINGER | 6 | Hang around in the air, like a bad smell |
| 42% | DAYDREAMERS | 11 | People with their heads in the clouds |
| 42% | DREAMER | 7 | Person with their head in the clouds |
| 42% | RISES | 5 | Goes up in the air, like a helium-filled balloon |
| 42% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | Words said with a hand in the air |
| 41% | NINEINCHNAILS | 13 | American rock band with hits like "Wish," who released their latest EP "Not The Actual Events" in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 41% | TIPTOE | 6 | Walk with your heels in the air |
| 41% | UNDRESSED | 9 | In the raw, like a salad with no liquid flavoring |
| 40% | CARTILAGE | 9 | Connective tissue in the body, like ears, nose |
| 40% | AVOWS | 5 | Says with a hand in the air, perhaps |
| 40% | SMOKY | 5 | Like the air in cigar bars |
| 40% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a humidor |
| 40% | SENSIBLE | 8 | Like a chill in the air |
| 40% | STEAMY | 6 | Like the air in a sauna |
| 40% | MOIST | 5 | Like the air in a greenhouse |
| 40% | YODELER | 7 | Person who sings like someone in the Swiss Alps |