| 100% | TERMS | 5 | Robert Byrd served nearly nine of these in the Senate |
| 39% | DOLE | 4 | Robert who served in the US Senate for 27 years |
| 37% | STOLEN | 6 | What the starts of nine answers in this puzzle might be |
| 37% | FAT | 3 | Buildup of this in the body causes obesity |
| 36% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of the novels whose titles are the starts of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 36% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 35% | COFFEE | 6 | Some people need a big cup of this in the morning |
| 35% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 35% | YEA | 3 | Vote of support in the Senate |
| 34% | TEALEAVES | 9 | Read these in the bottom of a cup, to predict |
| 34% | COIN | 4 | With 55-Down, actions that can be performed nine times in this puzzle without affecting any of the clues? |
| 33% | ORRIN | 5 | First name in the senate from 1977 to earlier this month |
| 33% | BRAS | 4 | Some of these fasten in the front |
| 33% | MMLI | 4 | Year in the middle of this century |
| 33% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this |
| 33% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 33% | TDS | 3 | Tom Brady and Matt Ryan each threw two of these in the 2017 Super Bowl: Abbr. |
| 33% | ACTAS | 5 | Serve in the capacity of |
| 33% | CLAMSHELL | 9 | In the Birth of Venus the goddess stands in this |
| 33% | LADDER | 6 | In the Bible, Jacob dreamt of this stair to heaven |
| 33% | NSFW | 4 | [Avoid watching this in front of the boss] |
| 33% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this person |
| 32% | HOUSES | 6 | There are 12 of these (domiciles) in the horoscope |
| 32% | SHINYNOSE | 9 | Feature depicted in the upper left of this puzzle |
| 32% | CONSONANTS | 10 | There are six of these in the middle of 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 32% | FORMATION | 9 | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this puzzle |
| 32% | MASTS | 5 | Three of these came over with the Mayflower in 1620 |
| 32% | HIDINGOUT | 9 | Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid |
| 32% | ARMS | 4 | What are featured in the theme entries of this puzzle |