| 100% | GALLOPERS | 9 | Name of the horses on a carousel or merry-go-round |
| 46% | VELVET | 6 | "National ___," 1944 sports film on a horse-crazy girl based on a novel of the same name |
| 45% | SEABISCUIT | 10 | 2003 sports film on a horse with a limp inspired by a 1999 book of the same name |
| 45% | RODE | 4 | Went on a carousel or roller coaster |
| 44% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 44% | HMSBEAGLE | 9 | Name of the ship that Darwin famously went on |
| 43% | YOUSWEAR | 8 | Something done on a stack of Bibles or in response to someone stealing the cheesecake you were going to eat for breakfast |
| 43% | LAPOF | 5 | ___ honor, another name for a victory round on the track after the conclusion of a race: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BRISTLES | 8 | The hairs on a brush or of a beard |
| 42% | TENNESSEE | 9 | First name of the writer of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 42% | ATTENTION | 9 | Concentration of the mind on a single object or thought |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | Port on a lake of the same name |
| 42% | ADEN | 4 | Port on a gulf of the same name |
| 42% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital on a river of the same name |
| 42% | ERIE | 4 | City on a lake of the same name |
| 42% | ADEN | 4 | City on a gulf of the same name |
| 41% | BUTTON | 6 | Round fastener on the front of a shirt or a cuff |
| 41% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital city on a river of the same name |
| 41% | RIGA | 4 | World capital on a gulf of the same name |
| 41% | KABUL | 5 | World capital on a river of the same name |
| 41% | OTTAWA | 6 | National capital on a river of the same name |
| 41% | KIEL | 4 | German city on a canal of the same name |
| 41% | LHASA | 5 | Asian capital on a river of the same name |
| 41% | ALADDIN | 7 | 1992 film based on a folktale of the same name |
| 41% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Port city on a Great Lake of the same name |
| 41% | TAMPA | 5 | Florida city located on a bay of the same name |
| 41% | ARAL | 4 | Name on a map of Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | City on a lake of the same name in the US |
| 40% | IMAGINE | 7 | First song on a John Lennon album of the same name |