| 100% | NAWAB | 5 | Nobleman or governor in India at the time of the Mogul Empire |
| 41% | EXPOS | 5 | Team with the best record in MLB at the time of the season-ending 1994 strike |
| 40% | NAWAB | 5 | Mogul empire governor in India |
| 38% | NABOBS | 6 | Historically, governors in Mogul Empire in India |
| 37% | YAO | 3 | ___ Ming, the tallest active player in the NBA at the time of his last season in 2011 |
| 37% | REREDOS | 7 | Screen or wall decoration at the back of an altar in a church |
| 37% | FALLLEAVES | 10 | Autumn foliage ... or what happens at the starts of eight answers in this puzzle? |
| 36% | ERA | 3 | Stone or bronze age in terms of the time period |
| 36% | DROPDOWNMENU | 12 | Options at the top of a computer window … as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 36% | UPON | 4 | At the time of |
| 36% | DURING | 6 | At the time of |
| 36% | SUMMER | 6 | I'm the time of year for spending days by the pool or at the beach |
| 36% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 36% | LEASHES | 7 | Bunch held at intersections on outings with pets ... or in the intersections of the shaded words |
| 36% | EXPRESSIONISM | 13 | Art movement that originated in Germany at the beginning of 20th century which is characterized by distorting or exaggerating the subject |
| 35% | HASH | 4 | Something you can buy at any time of day in Frank's Diner down on the corner |
| 35% | SEASONAL | 8 | At some times of the year |
| 35% | COMA | 4 | You can be in it and out of it at the same time |
| 35% | HASTINGS | 8 | Warren —, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in India from 1773-85 |
| 35% | REIGATE | 7 | Town in Surrey at the foot of the North Downs |
| 35% | LEHAVRE | 7 | Port in France at the mouth of the River Seine |
| 35% | CHANGEOFPACE | 12 | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| 35% | KABUL | 5 | Onetime capital of the Mogul Empire |
| 34% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | KENNEDY | 7 | Statesman Edward (also known as Ted) who, at the time of his death in 2009, was the fourth-longest-serving senator in US history |
| 34% | SHAKEWEIGHT | 11 | Oscillating exercise device of infomercial fame . . . or how to arrive at the four strings of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 34% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 34% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 34% | ONE | 3 | Population at the time of 44-Across |
| 34% | HAN | 3 | Chinese dynasty at the time of Christ |