| 100% | LAIC | 4 | Not of the clergy, anagram of the Greek word "cali" |
| 55% | LAIC | 4 | Not of the clergy |
| 48% | LYING | 5 | Not upstanding, in either sense of the word |
| 48% | LAIC | 4 | Person who is not a member of the clergy |
| 48% | EON | 3 | Period of time from the Greek word for "life" |
| 47% | LAIC | 4 | A common man who is not part of the clergy |
| 46% | IOTA | 4 | Vowel-rich name of the English word for a Greek vowel |
| 46% | LADE | 4 | Stow, as cargo ... or an anagram of the last word of 17-, 35- or 52-Across |
| 46% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 46% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 46% | IOTA | 4 | Greek letter that's the source of the word "jot" |
| 46% | TIARA | 5 | Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings" |
| 45% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 44% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose name is an anagram of the word "leanest": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ZETA | 4 | Letter that, surprisingly, is not the end of the Greek alphabet |
| 43% | GOD | 3 | Word not originally included in the Pledge of Allegiance |
| 43% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 43% | ZETA | 4 | Letter that's not really at the end of the Greek alphabet |
| 43% | GOD | 3 | Word in the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution |
| 43% | BEST | 4 | Word definitely not seen in the names of Razzie Awards |
| 43% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Anagram of "the plane"; another word for pachyderm |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect seen in the word "Antarctica" but not on the continent of Antarctica |
| 42% | TAU | 3 | The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 42% | OMICRON | 7 | The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 42% | EPSILON | 7 | The 5th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 42% | OMEGA | 5 | The final letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 42% | OMEGA | 5 | The last letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 42% | STELIS | 6 | Genus of the orchid family whose name derives from the Greek word for mistletoe |
| 42% | CLERICAL | 8 | Of the clergy |