| 100% | ACCOUNT | 7 | Report or description |
| 60% | AVER | 4 | Report or maintain |
| 59% | ACCOUNT | 7 | Report, description |
| 55% | ORAL | 4 | Kind of report or surgeon |
| 55% | PAPER | 5 | Government report or policy document |
| 54% | ORAL | 4 | Like some reports or exams |
| 51% | TELLSON | 7 | Reports to Mom or Dad |
| 50% | OLD | 3 | Description of Mother Hubbard or MacDonald |
| 50% | POLL | 4 | Quinnipiac or Gallup report |
| 49% | LACY | 4 | Description of a bridal veil or underwear |
| 49% | REPORT | 6 | Detailed description, statement or account |
| 47% | PANEGYRIC | 9 | A grand, praising description or oration |
| 46% | REVIEW | 6 | Report of a movie or a book by critics |
| 46% | PROFILE | 7 | Short description of a person or company |
| 46% | TOPIC | 5 | Subject of a conversation or school report |
| 46% | PERYEAR | 7 | How salaries or rainfall may be reported |
| 45% | POINTOFNORETURN | 15 | Punny description for 17-, 26- or 48-Across |
| 45% | SNIFFLES | 8 | Nose-focused description of a cold or allergies |
| 45% | ORANGEJUICE | 11 | Screwdriver component … or a description of 37-Across? |
| 45% | RINGBEARER | 10 | Wedding role … or a description of 114-Across? |
| 44% | NEWS | 4 | What may be reported on CNN or BBC |
| 43% | FANCYDRESSER | 12 | General description of a 26-, 46- or 53-Across |
| 43% | INCLEMENT | 9 | Extreme or severe in a description of the weather |
| 43% | OMIT | 4 | Exclude or erase, as some facts from a report |
| 42% | PORTMANTEAUWORD | 15 | Description of 14-, 18-, 26-, 29-, 46-, 48-, 57- or 66-Across |
| 42% | CARTALK | 7 | Former NPR show, or a description of the starred answers |
| 42% | MIDDLECLASS | 11 | Bourgeoisie ... or a description of each group of circled letters? |
| 42% | GAMEFOWL | 8 | Fighting birds, or an apt description for the starred answers |
| 42% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Assortment ... or a description of 32-, 39- and 42-Across? |
| 42% | BONEYM | 6 | "Rasputin" band... or a description of 6 and 14 Across? |