| 100% | PAULINEKAEL | 11 | She “mistakes lack of civility for vitality,” according to 4-Across |
| 32% | ANEMIA | 6 | Cause for a lack of vitality |
| 32% | SERTA | 5 | "A champion of comfort for all," according to its website |
| 31% | ESSE | 4 | To be, for students of 17-Across |
| 31% | TARED | 5 | Adjusted to account for a container's weight (and an anagram of 40 Across) |
| 31% | ANEMIA | 6 | Lack of vitality |
| 30% | ABEL | 4 | "A keeper of sheep," according to Genesis 4:2 |
| 30% | KESHA | 5 | Pop singer who used to use a dollar sign for the third letter of her name |
| 30% | SLC | 3 | Capital of 4-Across, for short |
| 30% | PER | 3 | According to; for each one |
| 30% | INCURIOSITY | 11 | Lack of desire to know |
| 29% | PER | 3 | According to; for each one; individually |
| 29% | NONOONSENSE | 11 | Lack of any desire for lunch? |
| 29% | TINEAR | 6 | Lack of a knack for music |
| 29% | BETSY | 5 | With 4-Across, secretary of education who advocated for school choice |
| 29% | KEIRA | 5 | ___ Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean" actress who learned to play the guitar for her role in "Begin Again" |
| 28% | LETHARGY | 8 | Lack of energy or vitality |
| 28% | SAPPHO | 6 | Ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos, known for her lyric poetry such as "The Ode to Aphrodite" |
| 28% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ANIMUS | 6 | According to Carl Jung, masculine side of a female |
| 28% | VIEW | 4 | One of millions for a 4-Across YouTube song |
| 27% | ASTRO | 5 | Prefix for the science of 4-Across |
| 27% | IRE | 3 | According to Chaucer the root of this sin is pride |
| 27% | APR | 3 | The cruelest month according to Eliot, for short |
| 27% | ARP | 3 | "Constellation According to the Laws of Chance" artist |
| 27% | FAIREST | 7 | Like Aphrodite, according to the Judgment of Paris |
| 27% | FALLIBLE | 8 | To be capable of making mistakes |
| 27% | DARENT | 6 | Lack the courage to, for short |
| 27% | SLIPPER | 7 | Mistake for each item of footwear |
| 27% | EATEN | 5 | According to Thomas Fuller, this type of bread is soon forgotten |