| 100% | PASS | 4 | Not have to retake, as a class |
| 80% | XXXXXX | 6 | Didn't have to retake, as a class |
| 56% | SKIP | 4 | Decide not to go to, as a class |
| 52% | PLACID | 6 | Not having so much as a ripple |
| 51% | CLASS | 5 | Not having full rights, as a citizen |
| 51% | ILLER | 5 | Not having as favorable a prognosis |
| 50% | LEAN | 4 | Not having much fat, as a cut of meat |
| 50% | RENEW | 5 | Not allow to expire, as a subscription |
| 50% | YARE | 4 | Not hard to handle, as a ship |
| 50% | DISMISS | 7 | Allow to leave, as a class |
| 49% | INJEST | 6 | As a joke, not meant to be taken seriously |
| 49% | IDLE | 4 | Not scheduled to play, as a pro team |
| 49% | PEREMPTORY | 10 | Not open to appeal, as a court decision |
| 48% | IMMUNE | 6 | Not susceptible, as to a disease |
| 46% | INDIE | 5 | Not signed to a major label, as a band |
| 45% | AIRLESS | 7 | Close to not having a tune |
| 45% | BOOTUP | 6 | Start, as a computer, and what each answer to a starred clue has? |
| 45% | YOUNG | 5 | The Stingray Nebula has to be considered this, as far a nebulae go |
| 45% | TAG | 3 | A mattress might have one that says not to remove it |
| 45% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 44% | CAREFUL | 7 | Paying great attention so as not to make a mistake |
| 44% | ZESTY | 5 | Having a little kick to it, as salsa |
| 44% | FAIL | 4 | Have to retake, say |
| 44% | ACHE | 4 | Word with "stomach" or "head," used as a common excuse to not go to school |
| 44% | AGE | 3 | Survey question that may have a "Prefer not to answer" choice |
| 44% | WHISPER | 7 | Talk in a quiet voice, so as not to be overheard |
| 43% | SCOTCH | 6 | Having relations to Scotland, as a kind of whiskey |
| 43% | XXX | 3 | Pretend to have, as a poker hand |
| 43% | FERDINAND | 9 | Animated film featuring the voice of 27-Down as a bull who does not like to fight |
| 43% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Freshwater fish commonly kept as a pet, which has the ability to see infrared and ultraviolet light |