| 100% | OPTOMETRY | 9 | Practice and profession of examining the eyes |
| 45% | OPTOMETRY | 9 | The medical science of eyes and vision |
| 45% | TAROTCARDREADER | 15 | One examining the starts of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
| 43% | PODIATRY | 8 | Medical practice of the feet and lower limbs |
| 43% | FEATURES | 8 | Parts of the face, like mouth and eyes |
| 43% | INTERPRET | 9 | To examine and explain the meaning of something |
| 42% | CORNEA | 6 | Front of the eye, refracts and focuses light |
| 41% | JAI | 3 | Rodriguez of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and "Malibu Country" |
| 41% | RETINA | 6 | Part of the eye that has rods and cones |
| 41% | RETINA | 6 | Part of the eye that perceives light and color |
| 40% | CORNEA | 6 | Part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris |
| 40% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Jazz crooner nicknamed "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes": 2 wds. |
| 40% | SWUNG | 5 | "He kept his eye on the ball and ___ it out of the park" |
| 40% | CORNEA | 6 | The part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil |
| 39% | OSLER | 5 | "The Principles and Practice of Medicine" author |
| 39% | JOURNALISM | 10 | Profession of the press |
| 38% | HALLANDOATES | 12 | 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees with the 1981 hit "Private Eyes": 3 wds. |
| 38% | LOUISCK | 7 | Comedian who said "Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery" |
| 38% | LEMUR | 5 | Primate with large eyes and a long tail that is endemic to the island of Madagascar |
| 38% | IRIS | 4 | Coloured muscular diaphragm that surrounds and controls the size of the pupil in a human eye |
| 38% | WILBURSMITH | 11 | Author of novels The Leopard Hunts in Darkness and The Eye of the Tiger |
| 38% | LENS | 4 | The eye of a camera |
| 37% | AMY | 3 | Actress Brenneman of "The Leftovers" and "Private Practice" |
| 37% | BUTTONNOSE | 10 | "With a corncob pipe and a ___, and two eyes made out of coal" ("Frosty the Snowman" lyric) |
| 37% | DENTISTRY | 9 | Profession of caring for the teeth |
| 37% | DIGGS | 5 | Actor Taye of the TV shows "Private Practice" and "All American" |
| 37% | HYPHEN | 6 | Feature of the words "bright-eyed" and "bushy-tailed" |
| 37% | PHILJACKSON | 11 | Former head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers who is a practicing Buddhist: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MUSKETEER | 9 | Profession of D'Artagnan, Aramis and Athos |
| 37% | CARPENTRY | 9 | Profession of Jesus and his father, Joseph |