| 100% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a flock of sheep |
| 78% | TEND | 4 | Look after, like a flock of sheep or a bar |
| 73% | TEND | 4 | Watch over, as a flock of sheep |
| 73% | TEND | 4 | Care for, as a flock of sheep |
| 68% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a flock |
| 66% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a fire, bar or flock |
| 65% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as sheep in a pasture |
| 64% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a herd of animals |
| 64% | TEND | 4 | Take care of, as a flock of sheep |
| 57% | EWE | 3 | Female in a flock of sheep |
| 57% | EWES | 4 | Females in a flock of sheep |
| 56% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a garden |
| 56% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a bar |
| 56% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a fire |
| 56% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a campfire |
| 56% | TENDS | 5 | Looks after, as a garden |
| 55% | HERD | 4 | Keep close together, like a flock of sheep |
| 55% | TEND | 4 | Care for, as a garden or a flock of sheep |
| 54% | TEND | 4 | Look after, as a bar or a garden |
| 53% | ART | 3 | "Without tradition, ___ is a flock of sheep without a shepherd": Winston Churchill |
| 51% | TEND | 4 | Watch over, as a bunch of sheep |
| 48% | KEEPSANEYEON | 12 | Looks after, as suggested by the last word of 20-, 29- and 46-Across |
| 47% | GOATEE | 6 | A style of beard named after a sheep's cousin |
| 46% | CLOSURE | 7 | Sense of acceptance and finality, as after a breakup |
| 45% | CUTS | 4 | Lets go of, as an actor after a bad audition |
| 44% | BEVY | 4 | A flock of quail |
| 44% | BRAZIL | 6 | Percy Bolsonaro's kid eventually left the military as a captain and now looks after this |
| 43% | TEND | 4 | Watch, as a flock |
| 43% | TEND | 4 | Oversee, as a flock |
| 43% | INASENSE | 8 | Idiom defined as "in one way of looking at a thing" (3 wds) |