| 100% | ICER | 4 | One who takes the cake (in order to decorate it) |
| 53% | ICERS | 5 | Ones who take the cake? |
| 48% | BERRA | 5 | Yogi who said "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 47% | REAVER | 6 | One who carries out raids in order to plunder |
| 46% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 45% | EXMEMBER | 8 | One who used to be in the club |
| 45% | SOT | 3 | One who finds it tough to pass the bar |
| 45% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who didn't make it to the office? |
| 45% | ALSORAN | 7 | One who didn't make it to the office |
| 45% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 45% | LIFER | 5 | One who's in it for the long haul |
| 45% | PATSY | 5 | One who is set up to take the blame |
| 45% | RAT | 3 | One who blabs to the cops, in mafia lingo |
| 44% | VIOLINIST | 9 | One who takes a bow? (see 19-Down for a hint to the circles) |
| 43% | MOM | 3 | One who tells you to not roll around in the dirt, maybe |
| 43% | POSER | 5 | One who pretends in order to impress others |
| 42% | PATSY | 5 | One who takes the fall |
| 42% | RODEO | 5 | Workplace for a clown who in order to get the job done, sometimes has to take the bull by the horns |
| 41% | PITCHER | 7 | In baseball, one who throws the ball to the batter |
| 41% | NSEC | 4 | It takes light about one to travel one ft. in a vacuum |
| 41% | CLOVER | 6 | It's lucky to find a four-leaf one in the garden |
| 41% | TORERO | 6 | One who takes the bull by the horns |
| 41% | ADEPT | 5 | One who has taken five of the seven initiations, according to the theosophical writings of Alice Bailey |
| 41% | PATHFINDERS | 11 | Explorers ... and ones who can determine what the answers to starred clues have in common? |
| 41% | CHEF | 4 | One who takes orders |
| 41% | WAITER | 6 | One who takes orders |
| 41% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 40% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 40% | VIGILANTE | 9 | One who takes the law into their own hands |
| 40% | ARRESTER | 8 | One who takes people in |