| 100% | WIDER | 5 | Like the Atlantic Ocean, slightly, from year to year |
| 55% | ERIE | 4 | Canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
| 54% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea |
| 46% | ICIER | 5 | Like the Arctic Ocean vis-à-vis the Atlantic |
| 44% | SOLID | 5 | Like the pool balls from 1 to 8 |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
| 43% | AMELIAEARHART | 13 | First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean: 2 wds. |
| 43% | AMELIAEARHART | 13 | First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TENTH | 5 | Like the Mets in every season from 1962 to 1965 |
| 42% | SAVINGSBOUND | 12 | Like the birthday money from Grandma to a responsible kid? |
| 42% | URAL | 4 | ___ Mountains, range from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan |
| 42% | SCOTIA | 6 | RMS ___, the last ocean going paddle steamer to cross the Atlantic in 1876 |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that helps connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
| 41% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe |
| 41% | JEMELEHILL | 10 | Award-winning sports journalist who went from ESPN to The Atlantic |
| 41% | SALT | 4 | I come from the ocean and add taste to your food |
| 40% | ULNAR | 5 | Like a bone from the elbow to the wrist |
| 40% | AMELIA | 6 | American aviator ___ Earhart who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean |
| 40% | OKEECHOBEE | 10 | Lake —, freshwater body of water in Florida that drains to the Atlantic Ocean via the Everglades |
| 40% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 40% | COKES | 5 | These bottled drinks were held at the same retail price from 1886 to 1959 - over 70 years |
| 39% | GERMANEWEBOAT | 13 | Vessel from Hamburg designed to save the county's sheep from rising oceans? |
| 39% | MDIV | 4 | Year Columbus returned from his final voyage to the New World |
| 39% | TITANIC | 7 | James Cameron's Oscar-winning 1997 film for which he dived to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean |
| 38% | LOVEINTHEDARK | 13 | Song from "25" with the line "It feels like we're oceans apart" (4 wds.) |
| 38% | REDSHIFTED | 10 | Like light from stars moving away from us ... or like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 38% | ETHAN | 5 | Top-five boy's name every year from 2004 to 2010, per the Social Security Administration |
| 37% | REHAB | 5 | Amy Winehouse's song from "Back to Black" which won a Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 36% | RABAT | 5 | Capital on the Atlantic Ocean |
| 36% | NORTHSEA | 8 | Arm of the Atlantic Ocean |