| 100% | POINTY | 6 | Might describe the sharp nails of a witch |
| 44% | PRICKLE | 7 | The sharp outgrowth of a plant's outer skin |
| 43% | INBOUND | 7 | Describes the homeward leg of a return journey |
| 43% | DEFINE | 6 | Describe the meaning of a word |
| 42% | EDGE | 4 | The sharp part of a knife, or the boundary of something |
| 42% | RECEDING | 8 | Describes the hairline of a balding man |
| 42% | OPERATIC | 8 | Describes the trill, powerful voice of a soprano |
| 42% | WIRING | 6 | Describes the network of electricity in a house |
| 41% | RAINRAINGOAWAY | 14 | Start of a hopeful rhyme about bad weather, and a hint to what the first word of 16-, 24- and 46-Across may describe |
| 40% | OBSCENE | 7 | Word that might describe a huge amount of money |
| 39% | HEEL | 4 | Part of a shoe that might be described as "stiletto" |
| 39% | PLOT | 4 | Term used to describe the storyline of a TV show |
| 39% | LEAF | 4 | Part of a tree that might fall off in the autumn |
| 39% | ORSO | 4 | T___ describes the trunk of a human body, mainly the chest |
| 39% | ISLAMIC | 7 | Describes a follower of the teachings of the Quran |
| 39% | BEERMUG | 7 | A head might go over the top of it |
| 39% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |
| 39% | HELPLINE | 8 | A counselor may be at the end of one |
| 38% | FINS | 4 | Body parts of a fish that might stick out of the water |
| 38% | TAG | 3 | Part of a shirt that might scratch the back of your neck |
| 38% | FLAP | 4 | Part of a book cover that might show the author's photo |
| 38% | VIEW | 4 | A penthouse might have a good one of the city |
| 38% | TEE | 3 | A golf swing might pull it out of the ground |
| 38% | CIRCLE | 6 | The Secret __, TV show about a city full of witches |
| 38% | YES | 3 | What a nod of the head might indicate |
| 38% | NECK | 4 | Part of the body a vampire might bite |
| 38% | PORTHOLES | 9 | They may offer a view of the ocean |
| 38% | FOUND | 5 | ___ to be missing, oxymoron that describes the case of a missing Christmas pie |
| 37% | HETTY | 5 | ___ Green a.k.a. the Witch of Wall Street |
| 37% | WEED | 4 | Plant a gardener might yank out of the ground |