| 100% | NICKEL | 6 | Metal found in the vast majority of meteorites |
| 45% | IRIDIUM | 7 | Brittle metal found in meteorites |
| 45% | SNOUTS | 6 | Found in the middle of pigs' faces |
| 43% | LOO | 3 | Restroom found in the middle of "balloon" |
| 43% | BAROQUE | 7 | Ornate style found in the Palace of Versailles |
| 43% | MAGI | 4 | Wise men found in the Gospel of Matthew |
| 43% | ELA | 3 | Portuguese word found in the middle of "delay" |
| 43% | TIA | 3 | Spanish "aunt" found in the beginning of "tiara" |
| 42% | DWARKA | 6 | Lost city, possibly found in the Bay of Cambay |
| 42% | LONGU | 5 | What's found in the center of a prune? |
| 42% | KINGTUT | 7 | Pharaoh found in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes |
| 42% | NAES | 4 | Majority of votes in the Scottish independence referendum |
| 41% | TVS | 3 | Things found in the back of most N.Y.C. cabs |
| 41% | OREO | 4 | Cookie found in the glaze of some new Krispy Kreme donuts |
| 41% | ATM | 3 | It might be found in the corner of a corner store |
| 41% | ADULT | 5 | Person in the age of majority, legally |
| 41% | RETURNADDRESS | 13 | It's often found in the upper-left corner of an envelope |
| 40% | STU | 3 | Name found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | STU | 3 | Nickname found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 40% | ORE | 3 | Form of metal found in mines |
| 40% | POL | 3 | Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers |
| 40% | CARTILAGE | 9 | Tough flexible tissue found in parts of the body |
| 40% | BANDSTAND | 9 | Rotunda found in parks for the playing of music |
| 40% | STANDUPCOMICS | 13 | Entertainers found in the circled letters of this grid |
| 40% | IRIDIUM | 7 | Metal in the points of gold pens |
| 40% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers in America [1736] |
| 40% | SEALS | 5 | Animals whose habitat can be found in the first three letters of their name |
| 39% | ORCA | 4 | Whale found in every one of the world's oceans |
| 39% | STU | 3 | Man's nickname found in consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | PTA | 3 | Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers |