| 100% | BRASS | 5 | Section that doesn't include the sax, surprisingly |
| 54% | DAB | 3 | 2010s dance craze that doesn't include the legs |
| 43% | BASESALARY | 10 | Figure that doesn't include bonuses |
| 43% | BASESALARY | 10 | Pay that doesn't include bonuses |
| 42% | EMAJOR | 6 | Key that doesn't include 58-Across |
| 42% | NETWT | 5 | It doesn't include the packaging: Abbr. |
| 42% | SENIORHIGH | 10 | It doesn't include the lower classes |
| 42% | ONEWAYTICKET | 12 | Fare that doesn't include a return trip |
| 41% | PTA | 3 | School group that doesn't include children (Abbr.) |
| 41% | WELSHRABBIT | 11 | British dish that doesn't actually include game |
| 41% | BOMBAYDUCK | 10 | Indian dish that doesn't actually include fowl |
| 41% | CHICKENFRIEDSTEAK | 17 | Southern dish that doesn't actually include poultry |
| 41% | ANTSCLIMBINGATREE | 17 | Szechuan entree that doesn't actually include insects |
| 41% | ELAL | 4 | Line that doesn't fly on the Shabbat |
| 41% | ELAL | 4 | Airline that doesn't fly on the Sabbath |
| 41% | LIE | 3 | Statement that doesn't square with the facts |
| 41% | ELAL | 4 | Airline that doesn’t fly on the Sabbath |
| 41% | ODDONEOUT | 9 | Item that doesn't fit with the rest |
| 41% | ELAL | 4 | Airline that doesn't operate on the Sabbath |
| 41% | PTA | 3 | School grp. that doesn't include children |
| 40% | MINI | 4 | Skirt that doesn't go down to the knees |
| 40% | LOFT | 4 | Apartment that doesn't have walls on the inside |
| 40% | NETOFDIAMONDS | 13 | Tarp that doesn't remotely protect the baseball field? |
| 40% | OUTTAKE | 7 | Scene that doesn't make it into the movie |
| 40% | HEADCHEESE | 10 | Meat jelly that doesn't actually include a dairy product |
| 40% | PLUMPUDDING | 11 | Christmas dessert that doesn't actually include a round fruit |
| 40% | ELAL | 4 | Airline that doesn't fly on the Sabbath (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SPEEDO | 6 | Bathing suit that doesn't leave much to the imagination |
| 40% | ROTI | 4 | Naan's cousin that doesn't rise to the occasion |
| 40% | INDOORCAT | 9 | Kitty that doesn't leave the house |