| 100% | POLYAMORY | 9 | Practice that might culminate in a group marriage |
| 52% | PTA | 3 | Group that might meet in a school gym: Abbr. |
| 49% | NEE | 3 | Word that may precede a maiden name in a marriage announcement |
| 49% | CHOIR | 5 | Church singing group that might be in a loft |
| 46% | NEE | 3 | French word for "born" that may appear in a marriage announcement |
| 42% | ELK | 3 | Male that might be in a rut? |
| 42% | OWL | 3 | Bird that might live in a barn |
| 42% | ALE | 3 | Drink that might come in a stein |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Insect that might live in a hill |
| 42% | BEE | 3 | Insect that might live in a hive |
| 42% | POPCORN | 7 | Snack that might come in a bucket |
| 42% | ANTS | 4 | Insects that might live in a "farm" |
| 42% | ANIMAL | 6 | Something that might live in a zoo |
| 42% | DONUT | 5 | Pastry that might come in a dozen |
| 42% | KALE | 4 | Green that might go in a smoothie |
| 42% | PEACETALKS | 10 | Negotiations that might result in a treaty |
| 42% | GLUE | 4 | Adhesive that might come in a stick |
| 42% | OGRE | 4 | Monster that might live in a swamp |
| 42% | RAT | 3 | Rodent that might squeak in a kitchen |
| 42% | EWE | 3 | Female that might graze in a pasture |
| 42% | LIONS | 5 | Cats that might travel in a pride |
| 42% | EGOS | 4 | They may clash in a group project |
| 42% | EST | 3 | Suffix that may appear in a record |
| 42% | ANT | 3 | Bug that may live in a "farm" |
| 42% | COIN | 4 | Money that may go in a slot |
| 42% | AKA | 3 | Initialism that may appear in a record |
| 42% | FLOWERS | 7 | Gift that may come in a vase |
| 42% | YODEL | 5 | Call that might result in a 27-Across |
| 42% | TIE | 3 | Neckwear that might be in a Windsor knot |
| 42% | OAT | 3 | Morsel that might soak in a jar overnight |