| 100% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plot (2 wds.) |
| 100% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plot: 2 wds. |
| 84% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plan: 2 wds. |
| 77% | INON | 4 | Aware of, as a plot (2 wds.) |
| 74% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a private joke (2 wds.) |
| 70% | INON | 4 | Part of, as a plot |
| 67% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | Actor who was part of television shows such as "Two and a Half Men" and "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ULTERIORMOTIVE | 14 | Part of a hidden agenda: 2 wds. |
| 67% | BEERCANS | 8 | Parts of a six-pack: 2 wds. |
| 66% | DUETO | 5 | As a result of: 2 wds. |
| 65% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Martin Scorsese's 1976 neo-noir thriller starring Robert DeNiro as a veteran who plots the assassination of a presidential candidate: 2 wds. |
| 64% | LINTTRAP | 8 | Part of a dryer that catches fuzz: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NAPTIME | 7 | Part of a tot's daily schedule: 2 wds. |
| 64% | NYNY | 4 | Part of a Manhattan mailing address: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 64% | SPARERIB | 8 | Part of a rack at a barbecue restaurant: 2 wds. |
| 63% | INON | 4 | Involved with, as a plot (2 wds.) |
| 63% | FACEMASK | 8 | Front part of a football helmet: 2 wds. |
| 63% | REACTTO | 7 | Do something as a result of: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 63% | BIKELANE | 8 | Cyclists' part of a road: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DEFENSIVELINE | 13 | Part of a football team featured in this puzzle: 2 wds. |
| 63% | WEAKLINK | 8 | Part of a chain that's likeliest to break: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DARKMEAT | 8 | More colorful part of a roast turkey: 2 wds. |
| 63% | CUETIP | 6 | Chalked-up part of a pool stick: 2 wds. |
| 63% | WADUP | 5 | Crumple tightly, as a piece of paper: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DOMEPATROL | 10 | 15a was a part of this four-man linebacking corps known as the best in NFL history: 2 wds. |
| 61% | CAPECOD | 7 | Part of Massachusetts that was named for a type of fish: 2 wds. |
| 61% | PLOTHOLE | 8 | Part of a movie's story that doesn't make sense: 2 wds. |
| 61% | TURNLANE | 8 | Part of a road where you can't continue straight ahead: 2 wds. |