| 100% | IOUS | 4 | Promissory notes for those in debt |
| 60% | IOUS | 4 | Notes for people in debt |
| 44% | FOODBANK | 8 | Repository of groceries for those in need |
| 44% | MARKER | 6 | Promissory note in a casino |
| 43% | ICU | 3 | Hospital area for those in critical condition: Abbr. |
| 41% | IOU | 3 | Note that indicates a debt |
| 40% | EXPRESSTRAINERS | 15 | Gym employees for those getting in shape fast? |
| 40% | IOUS | 4 | Notes that represent debts |
| 40% | LEST | 4 | For fear that; in case |
| 39% | MEMORIALDAY | 11 | May observance for those who died in military service |
| 39% | VIDALIA | 7 | Georgia town noted for an ingredient in 11-Down |
| 39% | HIKERS | 6 | Those who walk in nature for fun |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Note written in exchange for borrowed money |
| 39% | LET | 3 | "___ that sink in for a second" |
| 39% | ICESKATES | 9 | Boots with blades for those who dance in a rink |
| 38% | DEMS | 4 | Those hoping for a "blue wave" in Nov. |
| 38% | IOU | 3 | Note written by someone in debt |
| 38% | LIBERACE | 8 | US pianist noted for his trademark candelabrum who died in 1987 |
| 38% | ABBE | 4 | Ernst —, German physicist and inventor noted for his work in optics |
| 37% | DOGHOUSE | 8 | Home for canines that troublemakers sleep in |
| 37% | PERIL | 5 | "For those in ___ on the sea" |
| 37% | SOCRATES | 8 | Noted philosopher (the basis for three anagrams in this puzzle) |
| 37% | POSTITS | 7 | Classic notes that sell most in canary yellow |
| 37% | STEVE | 5 | Prefix for note in '90s Apple media events |
| 37% | ZIMBABWE | 8 | Country that introduced $100 billion note in 2008 |
| 37% | XES | 3 | Letters that symbolize kisses in a love note |
| 37% | NESTS | 5 | Homes for families that live in the sticks? |
| 37% | MENSA | 5 | Organization that one person in 50 qualifies for |
| 37% | METS | 4 | Team that 15-Across pitched for in 2012 |
| 37% | WWI | 3 | Major conflict that ended in 1918, for short |