| 100% | CENSORS | 7 | Removers of objectionable words with a blue pencil |
| 47% | TINA | 4 | Brown with a blue pencil |
| 46% | REEDIT | 6 | Go over again with a blue pencil |
| 42% | PEANUT | 6 | Take their words with a grain of salt: __ Gallery |
| 42% | ERRORMESSAGE | 12 | Words on a blue screen of death |
| 42% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country with a blue Star of David on its flag |
| 41% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a set of steps |
| 41% | TOP | 3 | Word with "crop" to mean a type of tee |
| 41% | TEST | 4 | Word with stress, or a common source of stress |
| 41% | SLAP | 4 | Word with "stick" to mean a style of humor |
| 41% | STAIR | 5 | Word with "case" to mean a flight of steps |
| 40% | ERASE | 5 | Remove with the rubber part of a pencil |
| 40% | RAP | 3 | Music genre with a lot of spoken word |
| 40% | PURPLE | 6 | Color that is a blend of blue and red, and a word that has an obscure perfect rhyme with the word "curple" |
| 40% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "life" or "attention" to mean a duration of time |
| 40% | SOLD | 4 | Auctioneer's word with the bang of a gavel |
| 39% | CITIZEN | 7 | Word with "ship" to signify the status of belonging to a country |
| 39% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "time" to indicate a period of someone's life, perhaps |
| 39% | ERASE | 5 | Rub off, with the end of a pencil |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 26-Across, last words of a story |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 1-Across, last words of a story |
| 39% | ETON | 4 | English prep school with a shade of blue named after it |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 56-Across, last words of a fairy tale |
| 39% | THE | 3 | With 60-Across, last words of a fairy tale |
| 38% | NOTI | 4 | Words said with a look of innocence |
| 38% | MOCK | 4 | Word used with 13a to mean a simulation of it |
| 38% | HAIL | 4 | Word of praise or a weather condition with ice pellets |
| 38% | TIP | 3 | Part of a pencil that you write with |
| 38% | PRESTO | 6 | Word said with a wave of the hand |
| 38% | MAAM | 4 | Word said with a tip of the hat |