| 100% | YUAN | 4 | One New Taiwan dollar, formally known in Mandarin as this |
| 34% | THREE | 5 | U.S. ___, known in New Hampshire as the Daniel Webster Highway |
| 34% | LOQUATS | 7 | Fruits known as misbeliefs, in New Orleans |
| 34% | EGGPLANT | 8 | This veggie is known as an aubergine in the UK |
| 33% | TYPO | 4 | Mistaek such as the one in this clue |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | One of two in a poker hand known as "pocket rockets" |
| 33% | GRETZKY | 7 | Wayne __, also known as The Great One in hockey |
| 33% | CLUE | 4 | "Assumed, as an alias" in this puzzle, for one |
| 33% | SEAL | 4 | Musician formally known as Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel who married Heidi Klum in 2005 |
| 32% | SALMONROE | 9 | This fishy treat, known as ikura in Japan, is often pickled in soy sauce |
| 32% | NGAIO | 5 | New Zealand writer Marsh, OBE recipient known as one of the "Queens of Crime" |
| 32% | FRESHSTART | 10 | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 31% | VANUATU | 7 | Republic in the W Pacific known as the New Hebrides until 1980 |
| 31% | GRANDTOUR | 9 | Three-week bike race, such as the one featured in this puzzle |
| 31% | TRICKSTER | 9 | Loki is known as this in Norse mythology |
| 31% | TRAILMIXES | 10 | Snacks known as "student fodder" and "scroggin" in Germany and New Zealand, respectively |
| 31% | ABLY | 4 | Done in a manner as though one knows exactly what one is doing |
| 30% | NEE | 3 | Formally known as |
| 30% | DESTROYER | 9 | Shiva is also known as this in Hinduism |
| 30% | PIRATE | 6 | One with an "eye patch," hook hand and peg leg, as represented in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 29% | GAYBARS | 7 | New Orleans' Cafe Lafitte in Exile is one of the oldest of these still operating |
| 29% | NOVICE | 6 | As a Carthusian, wearing a dark cloak over your white habit; you are in all probability one of these |
| 29% | ERGS | 4 | No one really knows what these energy units are, but they show up in crosswords a lot |
| 28% | VANE | 4 | In Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada a Douglas DC-3 at the international airport is now used as one of these weather indicators |
| 28% | DOMEPATROL | 10 | 15a was a part of this four-man linebacking corps known as the best in NFL history: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NAOMI | 5 | ___ Smalls, named last year as one of New York magazine's top 100 Most Powerful Drag Queens in America |
| 28% | STARLET | 7 | One new on the scene in scene work |
| 28% | ECZEMA | 6 | Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis |
| 28% | ESTA | 4 | This one, in Spain |