| 100% | OPPOSING | 8 | Siding with the nays |
| 69% | OFFENSE | 7 | Side with the ball |
| 59% | TRAVERSE | 8 | Seating with the audience on either side |
| 58% | MOBY | 4 | Electronic musician with the 2001 hit "South Side" |
| 57% | MOBY | 4 | Single-named musician with the hit song "South Side" |
| 57% | TWIX | 4 | Candy with the slogan "Try both. Pick a side" |
| 57% | TRICORN | 7 | Hat with the brim turned up on three sides |
| 57% | NORMANI | 7 | Former Fifth Harmony member with the single "Wild Side" |
| 57% | MOBY | 4 | One-named techno musician with the hit "South Side" |
| 54% | JUST | 4 | With 18-Across, "To be on the safe side ..." |
| 54% | EDGE | 4 | Side of the knife you'd chop veggies with? |
| 54% | SURVIVAL | 8 | Knife for the outdoors with serrated side |
| 54% | AVE | 3 | Road with trees down the sides, abbr. |
| 54% | STREET | 6 | Public road with houses on the sides |
| 53% | PANELVAN | 8 | Vehicle with no side windows in the back |
| 52% | ACCORDION | 9 | Box-shaped musical instrument with keys on the side |
| 52% | CORNRELISH | 10 | Southern side dish made with kernels off the cob |
| 52% | ALAMODE | 7 | Served with ice cream on the side or top |
| 52% | DIME | 4 | US coin with a torch on the reverse side |
| 52% | UNION | 5 | Civil War side, with "the" |
| 52% | GRAY | 4 | Civil War side, with "the" |
| 52% | SOUTH | 5 | Civil War side, with "the" |
| 52% | WEST | 4 | Cold war side, with "the" |
| 51% | SNARE | 5 | Side drum with a rattle of metal wires on the bottom head |
| 51% | FLANK | 5 | A steak cut taken from the side, rhymes with "blank" |
| 51% | BAUHAUS | 7 | Gropius's Dessau edifice with its name on the side |
| 51% | LOBSTER | 7 | Food that might be served with crackers on the side |
| 51% | LEFT | 4 | One side of the political aisle, with "the" |
| 51% | LOUREED | 7 | Velvet Underground front man with the 1972 song "Walk on the Wild Side": 2 wds. |
| 51% | EMPIRE | 6 | Darth Vader's side, with "the" |