| 100% | PART | 4 | One of the things that a mereologist might study, providing they know the whole story, of course |
| 36% | CHEM | 4 | One of the subjects that astronaut Story Musgrave has a degree in, for short |
| 35% | MRI | 3 | Letters for a scanning machine that lets doctors know the inside story of the human body |
| 35% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the song "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" |
| 34% | MYRRH | 5 | One of the gifts of the Magi with a scent that may remind you of the holidays |
| 33% | BUBBLE | 6 | ___ hotel, spot with a view of the stars that one may choose as a vacation stay |
| 32% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 32% | COLOSSALSQUID | 13 | A massive, tentacled sea creature that is one of the largest animals on the planet and is the largest known invertebrate: 2 wds. |
| 32% | REM | 3 | Sleep phase that might be the subject of a sleep study: Abbr. |
| 32% | ALADDIN | 7 | One of the stories of A Thousand And One Nights |
| 31% | SYLLABUS | 8 | Description of the contents of a course of study |
| 31% | TWEET | 5 | Message such as @skullmandible's "most cutting thing you can say is 'who's this clown?' because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns" |
| 30% | ACTIONITEM | 10 | One of the top things on a to-do list |
| 30% | PLOT | 4 | *The outcome of a story might hinge on one |
| 30% | COURT | 5 | Word with "ship" to refer to the course of a romantic relationship that might lead to marriage |
| 30% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 30% | ORIGIN | 6 | Part of a narrative that a prequel might provide |
| 30% | SEASCENTED | 10 | Like candles that might remind one of the beach |
| 30% | EGO | 3 | Part of the psyche that may need a boost |
| 30% | LITUP | 5 | First thing many have done when they've taken one of those ten minute breaks outside the back door in zero degree weather |
| 30% | ATTICFANS | 9 | They provide air circulation to the top stories of houses: 2 wds. |
| 30% | EYELET | 6 | There might be one on the corner of a sail |
| 30% | LIP | 3 | Part of the face that might get a collagen injection |
| 30% | TIP | 3 | Part of the table that may give you a scratch? |
| 30% | HUBCAP | 6 | A pothole may cause the loss of one |
| 30% | PORTHOLES | 9 | They may offer a view of the ocean |
| 30% | COINDEALER | 10 | One who knows the value of a dollar |
| 29% | PUNSTER | 7 | One who might tell you the invention of the wheel created a revolution |
| 29% | PERISHABLES | 11 | Things that may take a turn for the worse |
| 29% | ARENA | 5 | A court may be in the middle of one |