| 100% | NICHE | 5 | Not mainstream, like some audience |
| 61% | PAPAL | 5 | Like some audiences in Rome |
| 57% | BARE | 4 | Like some cupboards, hopefully not |
| 57% | INERT | 5 | Not reactive like some gases |
| 55% | BAD | 3 | Like some news that's not good |
| 54% | INDOOR | 6 | Like some sports that's not played outside |
| 53% | PANSEARED | 9 | Like some salmon that's not baked or broiled |
| 53% | PLATONIC | 8 | Not romantic, like some relationships |
| 53% | USED | 4 | Not new, like some cars |
| 53% | WAVY | 4 | Not straight, like some hair |
| 52% | RISKY | 5 | Not secure, like some business investments |
| 52% | INTL | 4 | Not domestic, like some flights: Abbr. |
| 52% | SHARP | 5 | Not mild, like some cheddar cheese |
| 52% | MILD | 4 | Not severe, like some common colds |
| 52% | HOT | 3 | Not mild, like some chicken wings |
| 52% | LEAKING | 7 | Not watertight, like some rusty pipes |
| 51% | INTL | 4 | Not domestic, like some flights, for short |
| 51% | QUEERPLATONIC | 13 | Like some life partners whose intimacy may not conform with social norms |
| 43% | NICHE | 5 | Not mainstream |
| 43% | ALT | 3 | Not mainstream |
| 43% | INDIE | 5 | Not mainstream |
| 43% | QUIRKY | 6 | Not mainstream |
| 43% | XXX | 3 | Not mainstream |
| 43% | COED | 4 | Not segregated by gender, like some college dorms |
| 42% | ALT | 3 | Not mainstream, briefly |
| 42% | ALT | 3 | Not mainstream, informally |
| 42% | UNIONIZED | 9 | Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)? |
| 42% | ORAL | 4 | Like some contraception |
| 42% | RARE | 4 | Like some coins |
| 42% | SHOED | 5 | Like some horses |