| 100% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 50% | WEST | 4 | One of the four regions in a March Madness bracket |
| 47% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 46% | ROW | 3 | One of nine in a Sudoku grid |
| 45% | ROW | 3 | One of nine for a typical sudoku grid |
| 45% | SPADE | 5 | One of the suits in a deck of cards, also word for shovel |
| 45% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 45% | PROVENCE | 8 | Region in the south of France, a den for painters |
| 44% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 44% | KNAVES | 6 | Alternative name for the jacks in a deck of cards |
| 44% | CUEBALL | 7 | Another name for the white in a game of snooker |
| 44% | AET | 3 | One of the abbreviations used for a paraprofessional educator, a foreign national working in a Japanese classroom |
| 43% | KLONDIKE | 8 | Ice cream bar brand named for a region in the Yukon |
| 43% | GEOSPACE | 8 | One name for the region of outer space near Earth |
| 42% | SPADES | 6 | Card game named for one of the black suits |
| 42% | ASPEN | 5 | Colorado ski city named for the abundance of a certain tree in the area |
| 42% | TURNTABLE | 9 | Name for one of a DJ's decks |
| 42% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 41% | KLAYTHOMPSON | 12 | One of the Golden State Warriors' "Big Three" who holds the NBA record for most points scored in a quarter (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BUTCHER | 7 | One of the "three men in a tub" |
| 41% | EXECUTIVE | 9 | One of the top bosses in a company |
| 41% | DUNKIRK | 7 | English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 |
| 40% | SSW | 3 | One of the half winds on a compass rose that was named "Ostro-Libeccio" in the 14th and 15th centuries |
| 40% | MATEO | 5 | One of the Gospels, in a Spanish Bible |
| 40% | DOT | 3 | One of the punctuations for a URL |
| 40% | GIN | 3 | One of the ingredients in a Martini |
| 40% | PEA | 3 | One of the pellets in a pod |
| 40% | LITIGANT | 8 | One of the parties in a lawsuit |
| 40% | LEG | 3 | One of the four in a chair |
| 40% | MINUTE | 6 | One of the hands in a clock |