| 100% | CENTRAL | 7 | Positioned in the middle or at the focus |
| 51% | GIMBAL | 6 | Arrangement of pivoting rings that keeps navigation instruments in a horizontal position at sea or in the air |
| 50% | CENTRE | 6 | Part or point in the middle |
| 49% | AHEAD | 5 | At or in the front |
| 48% | NET | 3 | It's in the middle of a court at Wimbledon |
| 46% | INVERT | 6 | Put upside down or in the opposite position |
| 46% | PUNCHING | 8 | __ bag, for hitting at the gym or in boxing |
| 45% | POSITION | 8 | Pole __, in first position at the start of a race |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | It's high in the middle and round at both ends, in an old joke |
| 44% | SPECTATOR | 9 | A fan or someone in the crowd at a sports event |
| 44% | PROMOTION | 9 | The act of being raised in position or rank |
| 44% | OHIO | 4 | Answer to the old riddle, "What's high in the middle and round at both ends?" |
| 44% | NAWAB | 5 | Nobleman or governor in India at the time of the Mogul Empire |
| 44% | ETAS | 4 | Info. in the Solari boards or split-flap displays at airports: Abbr. |
| 43% | SEPTIMES | 8 | Defensive fencing positions in which the top of the blade is pointed at the opponent's knee |
| 43% | SOMETHINGSFISHY | 15 | "Hmmmmm ..." [as hinted at by the three groups of black squares in the middle of the grid] |
| 43% | INTERMISSION | 12 | Break ... such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across? |
| 43% | REREDOS | 7 | Screen or wall decoration at the back of an altar in a church |
| 43% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | In the right place at the right ___ |
| 42% | SWORDSWALLOWING | 15 | Activity one might see at a circus ... or in the Across answers containing circles? |
| 42% | FOCAL | 5 | In the middle |
| 42% | BETWEEN | 7 | In the middle |
| 42% | CENTRAL | 7 | In the middle |
| 42% | HALFWAY | 7 | In the middle |
| 42% | AMIDST | 6 | In the middle |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the answer to the riddle "What's round at both ends and high in the middle?" |
| 42% | OFFSIDE | 7 | In the wrong place at the wrong time? |
| 42% | MEDIAL | 6 | In the middle, near the midline |
| 42% | RANK | 4 | Position in the hierarchy |