| 100% | WOWSIGNAL | 9 | Scientific evidence of extraterrestrial life named for the word written next to the readout |
| 37% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 35% | BUYYOURLEAF | 11 | Name of the tobacco store next to the cigar bar? |
| 34% | LITHOLOGY | 9 | Scientific name for the macroscopic study of rocks |
| 33% | FAVA | 4 | A kind of broad bean named for the Italian word for "bean" |
| 32% | HURON | 5 | Michigan county named for the lake that's next to it |
| 32% | GIBSONGIRL | 10 | Name for the personification of the feminine ideal of the 1890 to 1910 era |
| 32% | INBED | 5 | Words sometimes added to the end of a fortune cookie fortune for humorous effect |
| 32% | AGNEW | 5 | For whom Safire wrote the words "nattering nabobs of negativism" |
| 32% | INBED | 5 | Words added to the ends of sentences for comedic effect |
| 32% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |
| 31% | MAX | 3 | Good name for somebody living life to the fullest? |
| 31% | ATLAS | 5 | Book of maps, named after the Greek titan condemned to hold the sky up for eternity |
| 31% | ROMANTELESCOPE | 14 | NASA project set to launch in 2027, named for the former chief of astronomy |
| 31% | FINALISTINALIST | 15 | "The judges put the names of each ___ ___ for the M.C. to read" |
| 31% | UPSANDDOWNS | 11 | Vicissitudes of life, as for the inventor named in the circled squares? |
| 31% | BRAILLE | 7 | Name of the writing system for visually disabled |
| 31% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |
| 30% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 30% | ISEE | 4 | Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | OMBRE | 5 | Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for "shaded" |
| 30% | DONOR | 5 | One of 130,000 needed to qualify for the next Democratic debate |
| 30% | MADMEN | 6 | Drama linked to the resurgence of the name "Betty" for baby girls |
| 30% | COUPE | 5 | Type of car whose name comes from the French word for "cut" |
| 30% | FORSAKE | 7 | Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across |
| 30% | BANSHEES | 8 | Creatures named after the Old Irish word for “woman of the fairy mound” |
| 30% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Darkest moon of Uranus, whose name is related to the Latin for "shadow" |
| 30% | NEE | 3 | Word used to indicate the family name of a married woman |
| 30% | SPELLINGS | 9 | Lists of words for children to learn to write |
| 30% | GRACE | 5 | Seattle ___ Mercy West Hospital, former name for the location where Meredith Grey of "Grey's Anatomy" saves lives |