| 100% | FOODIES | 7 | People with a strong interest in cooking and dining |
| 42% | STEW | 4 | Vegetables and meat cooked in a pot with simmering heat |
| 39% | HIKER | 5 | Person with a walking stick and backpack, say |
| 39% | POL | 3 | Person with a base and a platform, for short |
| 39% | HIKER | 5 | Person with a backpack and a walking stick, perhaps |
| 39% | VOTER | 5 | Person with a red, white and blue sticker, maybe |
| 39% | TITAN | 5 | Person with a lot of power in their industry |
| 39% | ADULT | 5 | Person with a "wah wah" voice, in Peanuts comics |
| 38% | ATEFORTWO | 9 | Dined with a bun in the oven, or what can be found in 17-, 26-, 40-, and 51-Across |
| 38% | PRIVITY | 7 | Relationship between people with a shared legal interest |
| 38% | RENAISSANCEMAN | 14 | Person with many talents and interests |
| 38% | REBEL | 5 | Person with a torn dress and whose face is a mess |
| 38% | OMAHA | 5 | Native American people with a reservation in eastern Nebraska |
| 38% | BEEF | 4 | & 20A Dish of thin strips of meat cooked with onions and mushrooms served in a sour cream sauce |
| 38% | HAROLDANDMAUDE | 14 | 1971 black comedy featuring a pair of people with a morbid interest in attending strangers' funerals |
| 38% | EXPERT | 6 | Person with special knowledge in a subject |
| 37% | EXTRA | 5 | Person with a minor background part in a film's crowd scene |
| 37% | ECLECTICS | 9 | People with wide-ranging interests and tastes |
| 37% | ALICEMAVERICKS | 14 | People with unorthodox opinions about a girl in Wonderland? |
| 37% | POLYMATH | 8 | Person with expertise in a wide variety of subjects |
| 37% | NETWORK | 7 | Group of people with a common interest |
| 37% | MEETUP | 6 | Gathering of people with a shared interest |
| 37% | BLOC | 4 | Group of people with a common interest |
| 36% | USER | 4 | Person with a log-in |
| 36% | APARTMENT | 9 | Flat in a residential complex that might be a creative person's abode, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 36% | CARTOON | 7 | Animations like "Tom and Jerry" that might be created by a creative person, and a word with 16a hidden in it |
| 36% | SIGN | 4 | Communicate with a deaf person, in a way |
| 36% | EXPERT | 6 | Person with knowledge & skill in a certain field |
| 36% | FRYING | 6 | Cooking in a pan with oil |
| 36% | OAKEN | 5 | Strong and durable, in a way |