| 100% | EFFICIENT | 9 | Producing at maximum with the minimum waste |
| 41% | QUIET | 5 | With 4-Down, do the absolute minimum at one's job, in modern lingo |
| 38% | CONTENTED | 9 | With the mind at ease |
| 36% | MADEDO | 6 | Managed with the means at hand |
| 36% | MAKESDO | 7 | Manages with the resources at hand |
| 36% | ONLOW | 5 | At the minimum setting |
| 36% | CHADS | 5 | Waste at the polls |
| 35% | PUSHER | 6 | Airplane with the propeller at the back |
| 35% | NAVAL | 5 | To do with the military at sea |
| 35% | MAXED | 5 | At the limit, with "out" |
| 35% | MAXED | 5 | At the limit, with ''out'' |
| 35% | PERIODIDE | 9 | Salt with the maximum proportion of element #53 |
| 35% | TIPSTER | 7 | One with the inside track at the track? |
| 35% | ORG | 3 | ___ chart (diagram with the CEO at the top) |
| 35% | UVINDEX | 7 | Scale with the highest reading at midday, usually |
| 35% | BOSS | 4 | Person with the biggest office at work, probably |
| 35% | OMOO | 4 | 1847 novel with the chapter "Life at Loohooloo" |
| 35% | CRETE | 5 | Island with the ancient Minoan palace at Knossos |
| 35% | TWO | 3 | It shares a key with the at sign |
| 35% | ONLOW | 5 | At the minimum setting: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PAR | 3 | At ___ with (at the same level) |
| 34% | COUNTBASIE | 10 | Musician with the 1939 hit "Jumpin' at the Woodside" |
| 34% | DONHO | 5 | Singer with the album "Live at the Polynesian Palace" |
| 34% | FRAMAURO | 8 | 15th-century map with the south at the top |
| 34% | PIKE | 4 | Diving position with the body bent at the waist |
| 34% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Animal with the longest gestation, at nearly two years |
| 34% | CANONS | 6 | Pieces with the same melody starting at different times |
| 34% | ODELAY | 6 | Beck album with the single "Where It's At" |
| 34% | APRES | 5 | With 46-Across, socializing at the lodge |
| 34% | BLAST | 5 | Play at the maximum volume |