| 100% | DONOR | 5 | One of 130,000 needed to qualify for the next Democratic debate |
| 39% | DELEGATE | 8 | One of the 3,979 (approx.) in the Democratic Party who will elect the nominee for president of the US next year |
| 36% | OMBRE | 5 | Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for "shaded" |
| 36% | RENT | 4 | One of 10 musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| 35% | WASHINGTON | 10 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 35% | COLORADO | 8 | One of the first two states to permit marijuana for recreational use |
| 34% | WORKLOAD | 8 | The amount of tasks to be completed for one's job |
| 34% | DENIER | 6 | Unit of weight used for measuring the fineness of silk equal to one gram per 9,000 metres |
| 33% | TON | 3 | One of 365,000 for the Empire State Building |
| 33% | OBOESONATA | 10 | Francis Poulenc composition dedicated to the memory of Sergei Prokofiev, for one |
| 33% | INDIEGOGO | 9 | Online platform that was one of the first websites to offer crowdfunding for business and personal goals |
| 32% | BABYLON | 7 | "___ 5," one of the first television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects |
| 32% | BRAVE | 5 | Willing to stand up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity, say |
| 31% | ISNOT | 5 | One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
| 31% | EXEC | 4 | One of the brass, for short |
| 31% | MERC | 4 | One of the exchanges, for short |
| 31% | PENN | 4 | One of the Ivies, for short |
| 31% | PERIDOT | 7 | One of the birthstones for August |
| 31% | THORPE | 6 | 32-Across' Australian rival Ian, who failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics |
| 31% | RATIO | 5 | Pi is one, for the circumference of a circle to its diameter |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | One of two needed for a score |
| 30% | ROPE | 4 | One of two needed for double Dutch |
| 30% | COMEX | 5 | One of the financial markets, for short |
| 30% | ORV | 3 | One of the Wright brothers, for short |
| 30% | IWO | 3 | One of the Volcano Islands, for short |
| 30% | IWO | 3 | One of the Bonin Islands, for short |
| 30% | TABLET | 6 | One of two for the Ten Commandments |
| 30% | FDR | 3 | One of the Big Three, for short |
| 30% | ECON | 4 | One of the social sciences, for short |
| 30% | DOT | 3 | One of the punctuations for a URL |