| 100% | MATCHPOINT | 10 | Situation in which one person might have the advantage |
| 47% | ORS | 3 | Places where people may have the knives out for you, in brief |
| 45% | WWIIVET | 7 | One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief |
| 43% | BFF | 3 | Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief |
| 42% | SCOTS | 5 | Language in which a nutty person might be told "Yer bum's oot the windae" |
| 41% | SECRETPANEL | 11 | The library in an old mansion may have one |
| 40% | VERBOSE | 7 | Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written |
| 40% | PAROLEHEARING | 13 | Meeting in which one person is anxious to leave |
| 40% | TIE | 3 | Situation in which no one's up? |
| 39% | PHOTOOPS | 8 | Situations in which people volunteer to be captured? |
| 39% | AUGER | 5 | A boring person might have one |
| 39% | SPHEREOFCONTROL | 15 | Area in which one has power |
| 39% | EGOS | 4 | Timid people may have fragile ones |
| 39% | EGOS | 4 | Meek people may have fragile ones |
| 39% | ASSISTANTS | 10 | People might have personal ones for what they do |
| 39% | EGOS | 4 | Self-important people might have big ones |
| 39% | AURA | 4 | A person may have one of invincibility |
| 38% | EMAIL | 5 | Medium in which one might achieve Inbox Zero |
| 38% | OHMAN | 5 | What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? |
| 38% | WIT | 3 | A lively person may have a sparkling one |
| 38% | EGO | 3 | A vain person may have a big one |
| 38% | LOTTO | 5 | Game in which one may win a jackpot |
| 38% | SPOONING | 8 | Cuddling position in which one envelops the other |
| 38% | WUSHU | 5 | Martial art in which one might wield a nandao |
| 38% | SSS | 3 | Org. in which one's number may be up |
| 38% | REORGS | 6 | Corporate doings in which one's boss may change |
| 38% | OSUMGAME | 8 | Situation in which, on the whole, nothing can be gained or lost |
| 37% | TWOOUT | 6 | Like a situation in which a clutch hitter might shine |
| 37% | VILLAINERA | 10 | Phase in which one subverts the expectation to be nice |
| 37% | MEME | 4 | One might have the caption "That moment when ..." |