| 100% | APPOINT | 7 | Name to a Cabinet position, for example |
| 55% | APPOINT | 7 | Name to a position |
| 55% | APPOINTED | 9 | Named to a position |
| 53% | APPOINT | 7 | Officially name to a position |
| 49% | DRACO | 5 | Statesman who lent his name to a word for "strict" |
| 49% | TEMPT | 5 | Offer dessert to a dieter, for example |
| 49% | APPLY | 5 | Seek admission to a college, for example |
| 47% | DRAW | 4 | Give form to a 15-Across character, for example |
| 47% | AFFIX | 5 | Attach to a word, for example dis, un, ment |
| 47% | RATE | 4 | Assign stars to a Lyft driver, for example |
| 47% | ELECT | 5 | To choose for a position by voting |
| 47% | APPOINT | 7 | Name officially to a position |
| 47% | YACHT | 5 | America, for example, which has a "Cup" named after it |
| 46% | STIM | 4 | Hand-flapping or listening to a song on repeat, for example |
| 46% | LAY | 3 | To set in position, for use, as a road |
| 46% | TAPPED | 6 | Chosen, as for a Cabinet position |
| 45% | GUESTBOOK | 9 | Album signed by visitors to a hotel, for example |
| 45% | INSPIRE | 7 | Set a good example for others to follow |
| 45% | FIDO | 4 | Uncreative name for a dog, similar to Spot |
| 45% | METALBAND | 9 | Wedding ring, for example ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, and 49-Across? |
| 44% | BLEACH | 6 | Generic name for a mixture used to remove color |
| 44% | SARDINE | 7 | Fish said to be named for a Mediterranean island |
| 44% | APPOINT | 7 | Name officially, as to a position |
| 44% | CANOPENER | 9 | US name for a device to open tins, invented 1858 |
| 43% | AMOS | 4 | First Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him |
| 43% | DAMON | 5 | Name that reverses to a word for a wanderer |
| 43% | GUESTS | 6 | Name for people invited to a wedding |
| 43% | AMEND | 5 | Add a clause to, for example |
| 42% | AWARE | 5 | Name of a Beanie Baby bear sold to raise funds for breast cancer research |
| 42% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |