| 100% | HAM | 3 | Meat often featured in a chef's salad |
| 45% | SPAM | 4 | Meat featured in a Monty Python musical title |
| 44% | BACON | 5 | Meat in a Cobb salad |
| 44% | GREEN | 5 | Color often spotted in a salad |
| 44% | WAITINGROOM | 11 | Feature in a doctor's office |
| 43% | HAMBURGER | 9 | Meat patty often served in a bun |
| 42% | LUAU | 4 | Beach party that often features a pig roasted in an imu |
| 41% | OLIVIA | 6 | Pig featured in a series of children's books |
| 40% | RAT | 3 | In a lab, it's often white |
| 40% | NOPIECEOFCAKE | 13 | What a chef might call each dessert featured in this puzzle, literally or figuratively |
| 40% | SIDEOFBEEF | 10 | Slab in a meat locker, and a feature of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 39% | AREACODEMAP | 11 | Feature in a telephone directory |
| 39% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 39% | DRUM | 4 | Instrument that often features a band's logo |
| 39% | LIVE | 4 | Word in a concert album's title, often |
| 39% | VIP | 3 | Guest in a team owner's skybox, often |
| 38% | STARRING | 8 | Featuring in a film or TV show |
| 38% | ACTOR | 5 | One featured in a playbill |
| 38% | ACTOR | 5 | Person featured in a playbill |
| 38% | SEATBELT | 8 | Safety feature in a car |
| 37% | AKITA | 5 | Breed featured in 2009's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" |
| 37% | LSD | 3 | Drug featured in Netflix's "Have a Good Trip": Abbr. |
| 37% | CHILI | 5 | Spicy dish that's often featured in cook-offs |
| 37% | ECLIPSES | 8 | Celestial events often featured in myths |
| 37% | FREUDGREENTOMATOES | 18 | Scientist featured in a Southern novel? |
| 37% | FERMIANDMYGAL | 13 | Scientist featured in a romantic ditty? |
| 37% | OHMONTHERANGE | 13 | Scientist featured in a cowboy tune? |
| 37% | TITANIC | 7 | Ship featured in a 1997 megafilm |
| 37% | USSR | 4 | Country featured in a Beatles song |
| 37% | LATTEART | 8 | Something featured in a mug shot? |