| 100% | FINE | 4 | Payment after doing something bad ... or a word that means "good" |
| 47% | PRACTICE | 8 | "___ makes perfect" ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 47% | LUXE | 4 | A word that means elegance or opulence |
| 47% | DRILL | 5 | Boot camp activity ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 47% | EXERCISE | 8 | Hit the gym ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 47% | ROUTINE | 7 | Gymnast's performance ... or a word that means "repetitive training" |
| 47% | MONARCHS | 8 | Butterflies with orange wings, or a word that means "kings" |
| 46% | MINOR | 5 | Underage one ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 46% | DEGREE | 6 | Thermometer unit ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 46% | MAJOR | 5 | Army rank ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 46% | DOMAIN | 6 | Online realm ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 45% | DISCIPLINE | 10 | Train someone to obey ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 44% | ELEMENTAL | 9 | A word that means simple and basic, or pertaining to forces of nature |
| 44% | ANTONYM | 7 | A word that means the opposite of another word (for example, "good" vs. "bad") |
| 43% | RAT | 3 | *Sewage rodent ... or a word that goes with "trap" to mean a hopeless situation |
| 43% | TAPE | 4 | Word after "mix" to mean a handmade playlist of music on a cassette or CD that has been "lost" to time |
| 42% | SOIL | 4 | Word that means “dirt” as a noun or “to dirty” as a verb |
| 42% | THAN | 4 | Word after better or worse |
| 42% | SALSA | 5 | Word that can mean either a dance or a sauce |
| 42% | CRICKET | 7 | Word that can mean either an insect or a sport |
| 41% | BYE | 3 | A short word that means farewell or so long |
| 41% | TUMBLER | 7 | Word that can mean a type of drinking glass or an acrobat |
| 40% | MARE | 4 | Word after "night" to mean a really bad dream |
| 39% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 39% | PER | 3 | A word that means for each |
| 39% | LSAT | 4 | Something that's good to do a 180 on? |
| 39% | BRANCH | 6 | Limb of a tree ... or a word that means "area of academic focus" |
| 38% | ROAST | 5 | Pan ... or a word that follows pan |
| 38% | HEAVYWEIGHT | 11 | Boxing class, also a word commonly used to refer to something that's "important or influential" |
| 38% | DEJAVU | 6 | 2017 J. Cole song, or a phrase meaning "feeling that something has happened before": 2 wds. |