| 100% | BEETH | 5 | Plural of booth, if you follow the pattern of tooth? |
| 76% | MEESE | 5 | Plural of moose, if you follow the pattern of goose? |
| 42% | ITALIAN | 7 | With 49-Down, its form follows the pattern of the circled letters |
| 40% | MEMORY | 6 | The Persistence of __, by Dalí, if you can remember |
| 40% | WHITEWATER | 10 | You'll probably be looking at a lot of this if you attempt the Tunnel Rapids on the Colorado |
| 39% | IDOL | 4 | Person you might follow in the footsteps of |
| 39% | EARS | 4 | The parts of your body you use to hear with: Plural |
| 39% | INCH | 4 | The width of your thumb, if you need a rough approximation |
| 39% | ENDS | 4 | "I'd follow you to the ___ of the Earth" |
| 39% | ROLFE | 5 | Film composer Kent, or "Sound of Music" youth if you drop the final E |
| 38% | LASH | 4 | Something you may get a taste of if you burn the cap'n's dinner |
| 38% | SHOULDERTOCRYON | 15 | If you're feeling sad, the side of the road has a convenient ___.
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| 38% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "The best American writer? The author of 'Beloved,' if you ask me." |
| 38% | NECK | 4 | "Drop by if you're ever in my ___ of the woods" |
| 38% | HOWSTHIS | 8 | "What do you think of the following?" |
| 37% | CONDO | 5 | If you own one of these, you'll have membership in the homeowners association |
| 37% | YEA | 3 | Positive vote that would be a unit of time if you added an R to the end |
| 37% | ARES | 4 | God who becomes the sign of the Ram if you add an I |
| 37% | ASIA | 4 | Continent to visit if you want to see the Great Wall of China |
| 36% | BRADS | 5 | Fasteners ... or, if you change the fourth letter to an S, what the fasteners might be made of |
| 36% | SANSA | 5 | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| 36% | YALL | 4 | Plural version of "you," in the South |
| 36% | TURTLE | 6 | Something you might see crawling on the beaches of Gabon, if you're lucky |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Number of times you'll write "L" in the crossword, if you finish it! |
| 36% | BAH | 3 | Expletive heard often if you happen to be a member of the Cratchit family |
| 36% | EPICWIN | 7 | Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, say, if you're a Cubs fan |
| 36% | EYES | 4 | Parts of the Mona Lisa that seem to follow you |
| 36% | LAO | 3 | Language that becomes the name of where it's spoken if you add an "s" |
| 36% | HEED | 4 | Follow the advice of |
| 36% | TRACE | 5 | Follow the outline of |