| 100% | EMBRACE | 7 | Position of arms around each other, with a kiss |
| 41% | SEALED | 6 | "__ with a Kiss"; song of the '60s |
| 40% | ASTRADDLE | 9 | With a leg on each side of |
| 39% | OFFICIAL | 8 | Person with a position of authority |
| 38% | ASTRIDE | 7 | With a leg on each side of a horse |
| 38% | ASTRIDE | 7 | With a leg on each side of an animal |
| 38% | CROATIA | 7 | European country with a checkerboard coat of arms |
| 38% | PREFECT | 7 | UK school pupil with a position of responsibility |
| 38% | HONEY | 5 | Food with a lot of buzz around it? |
| 38% | MEAD | 4 | Booze with a lot of buzz around it? |
| 37% | ERITREA | 7 | Country with a camel on its coat of arms |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | Land with a harp on its coat of arms |
| 37% | IRELAND | 7 | Country with a harp on its coat of arms |
| 37% | PERU | 4 | Country with a vicuña on its coat of arms |
| 37% | OAHU | 4 | Hawaiian island with a population of around one million |
| 37% | EDAM | 4 | Dutch town with a cow on its coat of arms |
| 37% | DIE | 3 | Cube with a different number of pips on each side |
| 37% | MALTA | 5 | European island nation with a population of around 500,000 |
| 37% | OAHU | 4 | Hawaiian island with a population of around 1,000,000 |
| 36% | ROI | 3 | Leader with a coat of arms showing three fleurs-de-lis |
| 36% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter that rhymes with a bunch of other Greek letters |
| 36% | ROBOTSUMO | 9 | Sport where machines try to push each other out of a circle |
| 36% | ROCKHOPPER | 10 | Small penguin with a yellow crest on each side of its head |
| 36% | SOLUTION | 8 | Answer; mixture of a liquid with other substances |
| 34% | ALKALINE | 8 | Gwyneth starts each day with a glass of this water |
| 34% | BFF | 3 | Person with the other half of a heart necklace, maybe |
| 34% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | Baseball position ... or a description of each group of circled letters? |
| 34% | COMMA | 5 | Orange and brown European butterfly with a white mark on the underside of each hind wing |
| 34% | MANBABY | 7 | Certain immature adult … with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue |
| 34% | COMMA | 5 | Orange-and-brown European butterfly with a white mark on the underside of each hind wing |