100% | INN | 3 | Restaurant or bar, typically one in the country, in some cases providing accommodations |
34% | ARUBA | 5 | One of the countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
34% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
34% | HENS | 4 | Ones laying around in the country? |
32% | ALUM | 4 | One in the class of '12 or '13, now |
32% | AIL | 3 | Trouble one in the mind or body |
32% | ISLETS | 6 | Some bars in the Caribbean |
32% | LUGES | 5 | One- or two-person vehicles in the Olympics |
31% | PRETEEN | 7 | In the sixth grade or earlier, typically |
31% | ITALY | 5 | One of the countries visited in Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love" |
31% | ITALY | 5 | One of the countries featured in Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" |
31% | ITALY | 5 | One of the countries visited in Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" |
31% | BABYBOOMER | 10 | One born in the late 1940s or '50s |
31% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
31% | ITEM | 4 | One of 10 or less in the express lane |
31% | ITEM | 4 | One of 12 or fewer, in the express lane |
31% | AVIATOR | 7 | One with his or her head in the clouds |
30% | MAKEMINEADOUBLE | 15 | Bar request ... or hint to the letters in the circles |
30% | BREAKFAST | 9 | A balanced one provides energy in the morning |
30% | ICY | 3 | Like some stares ... or stairs in the winter |
30% | BOUNCER | 7 | One providing admission to the bar |
29% | BITESIZE | 8 | Small enough to fit in the mouth, like some candy bars: Hyph. |
29% | GYMNAST | 7 | A person trained in or skilled in the uneven bars |
29% | GENUFLECT | 9 | Bend one knee to the ground in respect or worship |
29% | BOB | 3 | ___ Evans Restaurants, popular breakfast chain in the USA with a country-living theme |
29% | SODA | 4 | Drink that's called "pop" in some parts of the country |
29% | MENOPAUSE | 9 | Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s |
29% | ATMOST | 6 | In the best- or worst-case scenario |
29% | MAKEUPARTISTS | 13 | Some movie set workers … or what you do when filling in the shaded squares? |
28% | PAPUA | 5 | ___ New Guinea, one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world |