| 100% | STEAD | 5 | Place or role that should be occupied by another |
| 38% | RUNON | 5 | Sentence that should be two or more sentences |
| 38% | LOOSEENDS | 9 | Things that should be tied up by the curtain? |
| 38% | PIPELINE | 8 | Place for works that are in the works ... or what the message formed by the connected letters is? |
| 38% | FAMILIAR | 8 | Place or thing that is frequently seen |
| 36% | BARGE | 5 | Flat-bottomed boat that must be pushed or pulled by another vessel |
| 36% | PREY | 4 | Animal that's being pursued by another animal |
| 34% | PREY | 4 | Animal that is hunted by another animal |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | Word that can be followed by "shadow" or "ball" |
| 33% | JAY | 3 | Word that can be followed by "walking" or "bird" |
| 33% | JAW | 3 | Word that can be followed by "bone" or "breaker" |
| 33% | SHOE | 4 | Word that can be followed by "lace" or "box" |
| 33% | EYE | 3 | Word that can be followed by "patch" or "lash" |
| 33% | ARTSY | 5 | Website that can be searched by gallery or style |
| 33% | SEA | 3 | Word that can be followed by "shore" or "horse" |
| 33% | TIDAL | 5 | Word that can be followed by "wave" or "basin" |
| 33% | CUE | 3 | Word that can be followed by "card" or "ball" |
| 33% | VAIN | 4 | Something that is fruitless or marked by futility, say |
| 33% | KER | 3 | Letters that can be followed by plunk, fuffle or flooey |
| 33% | BYTE | 4 | Unit that may be preceded by kilo-, mega- or giga- |
| 33% | HANG | 4 | Word that can be followed by "over," "out," or "nail" |
| 33% | TARGET | 6 | Person or place that is the aim of an attack |
| 33% | THELAST | 7 | What shall be first ... or words that can precede 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across |
| 32% | FAIR | 4 | Festival that might be sponsored by a county or a state |
| 32% | ELITISM | 7 | Belief that society should be ruled by select few |
| 32% | ANGEL | 5 | Guardian ___ (spirit that is believed to watch over a person or place) |
| 32% | STATUTES | 8 | Rules or laws that are passed by a legislative body |
| 31% | ETAS | 4 | Terminal approximations that could be changed by bad, or good, weather |
| 31% | AID | 3 | Helpful word that could be proceeded by Farm, Band or first |
| 31% | OIL | 3 | Cooking liquid that may be produced by pressing olives or peanuts |