| 100% | MISTRAL | 7 | Medium art is better left to the wind |
| 50% | ITMAY | 5 | "___ be better to leave the lights on...": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SHEETS | 6 | "Three __ to the wind", euphemism for being drunk |
| 41% | SCARLETT | 8 | 1994 miniseries that was a sequel to the 1939 Best Picture winner "Gone With the Wind" |
| 41% | YET | 3 | The best is ___ to come |
| 40% | APORT | 5 | This is left to the captain |
| 40% | ETRE | 4 | To be, on the Left Bank |
| 40% | COMPETE | 7 | To attempt to be the best |
| 40% | AHEAD | 5 | Best way to leave the casino |
| 40% | ERR | 3 | It is better to ___ on the side of caution |
| 40% | PATIENCE | 8 | The art of being able to wait |
| 39% | RULE | 4 | Be the best, so to speak |
| 39% | OPPORTUNE | 9 | The best moment for something to happen is this |
| 39% | NOOSE | 5 | The loop it's best to be out of |
| 39% | GRADES | 6 | The aim is to get good __: A, B, C |
| 38% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 38% | OILPAINT | 8 | Art medium used to create the "Mona Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PEDESTALS | 9 | The great & good are placed on them, to be revered |
| 38% | TWEETS | 6 | Social media posts like @dril's "awfully bold of you to fly the Good Year blimp on a year that has been extremely bad thus far" |
| 38% | FASTRELIEF | 10 | The only thing we have to fear is ... feeling better quickly? |
| 37% | ARE | 3 | You will often appear to the left of this |
| 37% | FLEDGLING | 9 | Baby bird that is ready to leave the nest |
| 37% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 37% | SOANDSO | 7 | Name better left unsaid, or a literal hint to what the starred answers contain |
| 37% | KARATE | 6 | Martial art in which a black belt is the best |
| 37% | BEDS | 4 | Bunk___ are the best way for kids to share rooms |
| 37% | ETD | 3 | When an airplane is expected to leave the airport: Abbr. |
| 36% | UNNAMED | 7 | Left to the imagination |
| 36% | VERSO | 5 | Left to the editor? |
| 36% | PORT | 4 | Left to the captain? |