| 100% | SIN | 3 | Mixing wool and linen, for one, according to the Old Testament |
| 43% | HERETIC | 7 | Galileo, for one, according to the Inquisition |
| 40% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for nine hundred and five years |
| 38% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 37% | EBOS | 4 | Alternate old name for the people native to southeastern Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea |
| 36% | MANNA | 5 | Food that sustained the Israelites in the wilderness according to the Old Testament |
| 36% | SIGNS | 5 | Touches one's chin and moves the hand down to say "Thank you," for example |
| 36% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Relating to the Old or New Testament |
| 36% | PER | 3 | According to; for each one |
| 35% | MTARARAT | 8 | High point of the Old Testament, for short |
| 35% | INDIEGOGO | 9 | Online platform that was one of the first websites to offer crowdfunding for business and personal goals |
| 35% | PER | 3 | According to; for each one; individually |
| 35% | HEARTBREAKERS | 13 | Tom Petty and the ___, "Learning to Fly" band that made music for the film "She's the One" |
| 35% | LIRR | 4 | One way to the Hamptons, for short |
| 35% | AVERAGEAGE | 10 | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's 63 for retirement |
| 35% | ARENA | 5 | The one in Nanterre, Paris, recently constructed and to be used for the 2024 Olympics, seats up to 40,000 indoors |
| 34% | ECCLESIASTES | 12 | Pessimistic book of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Solomon |
| 34% | URBANSPRAWL | 11 | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| 34% | APOCRYPHA | 9 | Books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in certain versions of the Bible |
| 34% | NOEL | 4 | "Joy to the World," for one |
| 34% | JOEL | 4 | Book of the Old Testament attributed to the son of Pethuel |
| 34% | PLO | 3 | Party to the Oslo Accords, for short |
| 34% | JOBTITLE | 8 | Assistant to the regional manager, for one |
| 34% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Old Testament comprising 150 sacred songs, poems and prayers |
| 34% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for 905 years |
| 33% | AMOS | 4 | One of the Old Testament's minor prophets |
| 33% | DOG | 3 | Einstein in "Back to the Future," for one |
| 33% | MALAPHOR | 8 | Informal term for a sentence that mixes two idioms or cliches, like the ones found in 20a, 42a, 58a, 24d, and 25d |
| 33% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Old Testament prophet to whom the Book of Lamentations is ascribed |
| 33% | MARE | 4 | The old gray one ain't what she used to be |