| 100% | FRECKLES | 8 | Small, dark spots across the nose and cheeks |
| 62% | FRECKLES | 8 | Small, dark spots often found across the nose |
| 40% | FRECKLE | 7 | Small brownish spot on a kid's nose or cheeks |
| 39% | PHILTRUM | 8 | The small indentation between the nose and top lip |
| 36% | THEN | 4 | ___ and 13-Across (on the spot) |
| 35% | LAP | 3 | Across the pool and back |
| 35% | PHILTRUM | 8 | Vertical groove between the nose and upper lip |
| 34% | SLAPS | 5 | Thwacks across the cheek |
| 34% | PHARYNX | 7 | Cavity linking the nose and mouth to the esophagus |
| 33% | FRECKLES | 8 | Small brown spots on the face |
| 33% | SEATS | 5 | Spots in the House and Senate |
| 32% | LAP | 3 | Complete trip across the swimming pool and back |
| 32% | LAP | 3 | Once across the pool and back |
| 31% | NIGHTTIME | 9 | The dark time between evening and morning |
| 31% | ERIE | 4 | Smallest and shallowest of the Great Lakes |
| 31% | ISLET | 5 | Small spot in the sea |
| 31% | DIMPLES | 7 | Small dents on the cheeks when someone smiles |
| 31% | JAMAICANRUM | 11 | The "dark" in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps |
| 31% | GROSSNATIONALCONDUCT | 20 | Nose-picking and belching in the White House? |
| 31% | MUZZLE | 6 | The projecting jaws and nose of an animal |
| 31% | BABYSTEPS | 9 | Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across |
| 31% | PICNICAREAS | 11 | Outside eating spots, and where to find the starts of 17-, 27-, and 47-Across |
| 30% | BARNES | 6 | Peter —, author of stage plays Red Noses and The Ruling Class |
| 30% | SWALLOW | 7 | Small bird with dark blue head and red throat |
| 30% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon band |
| 30% | DOT | 3 | Small spot or speck as the one over "i" |
| 30% | ERIE | 4 | Smallest of the Great Lakes, by name and volume |
| 30% | FEARS | 5 | Being in the dark, maybe, and others |
| 30% | DAYANDNIGHT | 11 | All the time in light and dark |
| 30% | FRECKLE | 7 | A small brown spot on the skin |