| 100% | ETHERIC | 7 | Like the highest part of the physical plane, in theosophy |
| 49% | ABANDONED | 9 | Like some buildings in the squalid part of town |
| 46% | HUMAN | 5 | Like Peter Quill of the Guardians of the Galaxy, in part |
| 46% | ANUPHILLBATTLE | 14 | Like the toughest part of the race |
| 44% | SCALP | 5 | Highest part of the head |
| 44% | WANE | 4 | Diminish, like the visible part of the moon |
| 44% | CREAM | 5 | The good part of the crop, in saying |
| 44% | BOBSUPANDDOWN | 13 | Moves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the circled parts of this puzzle? |
| 44% | ASIAN | 5 | Like the eastern part of Russia |
| 43% | WANE | 4 | Decrease gradually, like the visible part of the moon |
| 43% | MEEK | 4 | Like the eventual inheritors of the earth, in Matthew |
| 43% | ORAN | 4 | Part of the escape route in "Casablanca" |
| 43% | COOL | 4 | Like the other side of the pillow, in a saying |
| 43% | WITHERS | 7 | Highest part of the back of a horse |
| 43% | WITHERS | 7 | The highest part of a horse's back |
| 43% | KIDNEY | 6 | Part of the body removed in a nephrectomy |
| 43% | KNEE | 4 | Part of the body mentioned in "Oh! Susanna" |
| 43% | SUBWAYTOKENS | 12 | Part of the new "Living in Manhattan" Barbie? |
| 43% | MOSS | 4 | Part of the green decor in a terrarium |
| 43% | SON | 3 | Part of the Trinity, in Christianity |
| 42% | COUNCILHOUSING | 14 | Part of the welfare state in the U.K. |
| 42% | SERVER | 6 | Part of the "cloud" in "cloud computing" |
| 42% | GITRACT | 7 | Part of the digestive system, in brief |
| 42% | LONGIS | 6 | Parts of the High Line? |
| 42% | ATRIAL | 6 | Like part of the heart |
| 42% | WANE | 4 | Wax and ___ (increase and decrease, like the visible part of the moon) |
| 42% | KETO | 4 | Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | ALSATIA | 7 | Part of the Roman Empire in modern-day NE France |
| 42% | JAW | 3 | Bone in the lower part of the face |
| 42% | JAW | 3 | Bone in the lower part of the head |