| 100% | PURE | 4 | Like the driven snow, so it's said |
| 64% | PURE | 4 | Like driven snow, it's said |
| 55% | PURE | 4 | Like the driven snow |
| 54% | HONESTY | 7 | The best policy, so it's said |
| 53% | OLD | 3 | Like the hills, it's said |
| 50% | PEN | 3 | It's mightier than the 52-Down, so they say |
| 50% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, so it’s said |
| 50% | SCARCE | 6 | Like hens' teeth, so it's said |
| 50% | SKY | 3 | It's the limit, so they say |
| 50% | SUMMERY | 7 | Like the weather when it's time to break out the rosé, say |
| 49% | LOOPY | 5 | Like the signatures of outgoing people, it's said |
| 46% | HELL | 4 | War, so it’s said |
| 46% | LONELY | 6 | Like those at the top, it's said |
| 44% | LEO | 3 | Passionate and outgoing sort, so it’s said |
| 44% | ONADIME | 7 | Instantly, so it's said |
| 44% | THESWEETSCIENCE | 15 | Boxing, so it's said |
| 44% | TWO | 3 | Company, so it's said |
| 44% | CEST | 4 | It's said like ''say'' |
| 43% | TIES | 4 | They’re like kissing your sister, so it’s said |
| 43% | ORAL | 4 | Like a contract that's said to be "not worth the paper it's written on" |
| 43% | THELITTLETHINGS | 15 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | CHEERS | 6 | It's said when lifting the arm |
| 42% | ETS | 3 | UFO crew, so it's said |
| 42% | AGE | 3 | Wisdom bringer, so it's said |
| 42% | SWAMP | 5 | Washington establishment, so it's said |
| 42% | PAPERCHASE | 10 | Law school, so it's said |
| 42% | FRAME | 5 | Make it seem like someone else is the baddie, say |
| 42% | IDO | 3 | It's said at the exchange of Os |
| 42% | CURIOSITY | 9 | It's said to have killed the cat |
| 42% | ESP | 3 | Sixth sense, so it's said: Abbr. |