| 100% | VIRTUALBUSINESS | 15 | Not a brick-and-mortar enterprise |
| 79% | ESHOP | 5 | Not a brick-and-mortar operation |
| 57% | MASON | 5 | Worker with bricks and mortar |
| 55% | DOTCOM | 6 | Counterpart of a brick-and-mortar business |
| 55% | MASON | 5 | Employee at a brick-and-mortar business |
| 51% | TOTOANNIHILATION | 16 | Not a happy ending on the yellow brick road? |
| 50% | BLOODTYPES | 10 | A+ and B-, but not F |
| 48% | MASHUP | 6 | Take a mortar and pestle to |
| 47% | KEYS | 4 | A and E, but not I, O or U |
| 47% | ALERS | 5 | A and O, but not E, I or U |
| 47% | CHUTNEY | 7 | Condiment made with a mortar and pestle |
| 47% | VIRGINMASONRY | 13 | Newly mortared bricks and stones? |
| 46% | NOTES | 5 | A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z |
| 46% | MUSICNOTES | 10 | A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z |
| 46% | SEDENTARY | 9 | A __ life is not good for mind and body health |
| 46% | TOO | 3 | ". . . and not a moment ___ soon!" |
| 45% | POINTING | 8 | Replacing the mortar in between bricks in a wall |
| 45% | FUNGUS | 6 | It lacks chlorophyll and is not quite a plant |
| 44% | TOBE | 4 | Words before and after "or not" in a Shakespeare quote |
| 44% | ONTHEDOT | 8 | “. . . and not a minute later” |
| 44% | BED | 3 | "Love is not a ___ of roses," phrase that describes the ups and downs of love |
| 44% | SOON | 4 | "And not a moment too __!" |
| 43% | ACROSS | 6 | Direction of a row; left to right, not up and down |
| 43% | THROWAWAY | 9 | Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark |
| 42% | EWES | 4 | Wool sources ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 42% | AYES | 4 | Some votes ... and a homophone of vowels not found in this puzzle |
| 42% | GENDERCREATIVE | 14 | Not conforming to traditional male/female norms, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| 41% | WHOLEHEMSTARTED | 15 | Sewing begun on a skirt's edge, and not just part of it? |
| 41% | MORTAR | 6 | Brick and __ |
| 41% | ALEXANDERPHLEGMING | 18 | Antibiotic discoverer, and not a moment too soon? |