| 100% | YESES | 5 | Opposite to 'nos' and meaning affirmative |
| 49% | YES | 3 | Opposite to "no" |
| 49% | STEEP | 5 | It rhymes with "cheap" and means the opposite |
| 48% | FEAT | 4 | No mean ___ (something difficult to do) |
| 48% | STALE | 5 | No longer fresh and pleasant to eat |
| 47% | INTERPRET | 9 | To examine and explain the meaning of something |
| 47% | YESIDO | 6 | Affirmative reply to "You know what I mean?" |
| 47% | FLUCTUATE | 9 | To rise and fall with no regular pattern |
| 47% | FEAT | 4 | No mean ___ (something that's tough to do) |
| 47% | ALLBARK | 7 | __ and no bite; having lots to say |
| 46% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word opposite in meaning to another |
| 46% | MOIL | 4 | Toil and __, phrase meaning to work hard |
| 46% | MANAGE | 6 | Sadly mean to grasp silver and run |
| 45% | FLIPSIDES | 9 | Opposites, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain |
| 45% | THATSTHAT | 9 | "... and ___" (Statement meant to end a conversation): 2 wds. |
| 45% | BANKRUPT | 8 | Having no money and unable to pay debts |
| 45% | WHITELIES | 9 | Little __ are fibs meant to do no harm |
| 45% | LIKE | 4 | Verbal crutch similar to "I mean" and "Uh" |
| 44% | AROACE | 6 | Like someone who experiences little to no sexual and romantic attraction, for short |
| 44% | HERITAGE | 8 | History that has meaning and value to a culture |
| 44% | LIP | 3 | Pay ___ service to (be all talk and no action) |
| 44% | OOPS | 4 | "Oh no, I didn't mean to do that!" |
| 44% | EPHEMERA | 8 | Things meant to be used and then thrown away |
| 44% | ORDERFORMS | 10 | Catalog pages meant to be filled out and returned |
| 43% | VIS | 3 | Word before and after "-a-" to mean "in relation to" |
| 43% | WHEAT | 5 | Carolyn —, author of novels Mean Streak and Sworn to Defend |
| 42% | ANA | 3 | She acted opposite Daniel in “No Time to Die” and “Knives Out” |
| 42% | CONTRANYMS | 10 | Words with two opposite meanings, like "cleave" and "oversight" (Chester Gould) |
| 42% | MARKANTONYM | 11 | Put the notation “this means the opposite” next to a word? |
| 42% | RUNSINCIRCLES | 13 | Makes no progress, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |