| 100% | HANDS | 5 | Places to find 2- and 3-Down |
| 59% | CEREALAISLES | 12 | Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down |
| 59% | FACTORS | 7 | 2 and 3, to 6 |
| 58% | FRAMES | 6 | Places to find temples and bridges |
| 58% | MALLS | 5 | Places to find food courts and kiosks |
| 58% | ZOOS | 4 | Places to find lions, tigers and bears |
| 58% | BANK | 4 | Place to find a pen and teller |
| 58% | HOSPITAL | 8 | Place to find doctors, nurses and medicine |
| 58% | ONTHEGOALIE | 11 | Place to find a mask and pads? |
| 58% | EAR | 3 | Place to find a hammer and anvil |
| 58% | PETSHOP | 7 | Place to find a pup: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BARS | 4 | Places to find Kentucky Mules and Alabama Slammers |
| 57% | DELI | 4 | Place to find a submarine and a torpedo |
| 57% | STATEFAIR | 9 | Place to find corn dogs and funnel cakes |
| 57% | NEST | 4 | Place to find the birds and the bees? |
| 57% | MENSSHOP | 8 | Place to find boxers and bow ties, say |
| 56% | JUNKYARD | 8 | Place to find scrap metal and used car parts |
| 54% | NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | 15 | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| 54% | ABC | 3 | They're "easy" to find in 17- and 53-Across and 3- and 24-Down |
| 53% | ACCESSORYWALL | 13 | Place to find things like shoes or handbags on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BOARDINGSCHOOL | 14 | Place to eat, sleep, and learn: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CHARCUTERIEBOARD | 16 | Artistically arranged appetizer, or where to find the beginnings of 3-, 5-, 8-, and 10-Down |
| 52% | ICERINKS | 8 | Places to practice double axels and toe loops: 2 wds. |
| 52% | TOYSTORES | 9 | Places to buy stuffed animals and action figures: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PETSHOPS | 8 | Places to buy canaries and hamsters: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ERRS | 4 | Puts 2 and 2 together to make 3 |
| 52% | CANDYSHOP | 9 | Place to buy peppermints and chocolates: 2 wds. |
| 52% | STATEFAIR | 9 | Place to go on rides and see pig racing: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SKILODGE | 8 | Place to warm up after a run down the slopes: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CORNERSTONE | 11 | Place to find a date ... and any one of four in this puzzle (circled letters are hints) |