| 100% | CONTRAILS | 9 | Lines a jet plane leaves in the sky |
| 46% | NORTHSTAR | 9 | Thing located in the night sky by extending a line from circle F past circle G |
| 45% | THAW | 4 | Leave in the fridge for a bit |
| 42% | BLIMP | 5 | Inflated airship in the sky over a sporting event |
| 42% | BAT | 3 | ___ signal (symbol in the sky over Gotham during a crisis) |
| 42% | STREAK | 6 | What a meteor looks like in the sky |
| 41% | VAPORTRAILS | 11 | What airplanes leave in the sky ... or what 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across have? |
| 41% | LUCY | 4 | One in the sky with diamonds, according to a Beatles song |
| 41% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 41% | STARMAN | 7 | He's "waiting in the sky" in a classic David Bowie song |
| 41% | UFO | 3 | Item in the sky that could figure into a conspiracy theory: Abbr. |
| 41% | LUCY | 4 | Person "in the sky with diamonds," in a Beatles song |
| 40% | LIGHTNING | 9 | A flash in the sky during a thunderstorm |
| 40% | GOESSOLO | 8 | Leaves the band, in a way |
| 40% | SECEDES | 7 | Leaves the country, in a way |
| 40% | EBB | 3 | Leave the beach, in a way |
| 40% | SAIL | 4 | Leave the pier in a ship |
| 40% | ESC | 3 | Key in the upper left corner of a keyboard |
| 40% | BSIX | 4 | Space in the left row of a game card |
| 40% | ONE | 3 | Figure in the top left of a crossword grid |
| 40% | ESC | 3 | Key in the top left corner of a keyboard |
| 40% | CAESURA | 7 | Pause in the middle of a line of poetry |
| 40% | PARKED | 6 | Left the car in a proper spot |
| 40% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 39% | SERA | 4 | ... the sky / "Que ___, ___" (lyric in a song sung by Doris Day) |
| 39% | HEAVEN | 6 | A place in the sky where some say angels live |
| 39% | FULLMOON | 8 | It shines in the night sky as a perfect circle |
| 39% | ONS | 3 | Carry-___ (bags stowed in the overhead compartment on a plane) |
| 39% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 39% | NUMERATOR | 9 | The number above the line in a fraction |