| 100% | ALLERGY | 7 | Sneezing in the spring is from an __ to pollen |
| 45% | UPPERHAND | 9 | To have the __, be in an advantageous position |
| 44% | LOOPHOLE | 8 | Gap in the law, allows an issue to be circumvented |
| 43% | SEE | 3 | "I sprang from the bed to ___ what was the matter" |
| 43% | VOTES | 5 | These are counted to decide the winner in an election |
| 43% | UKE | 3 | The art of being able to respond to an oncoming attack in Judo |
| 42% | INJURY | 6 | A concussion is an __ to the brain from a blow |
| 42% | OKIE | 4 | Complete the Merle Haggard lyric, "I'm proud to be an ___ from Muskogee..." |
| 42% | EUBOEA | 6 | Greek island believed to have been separated from the mainland by an earthquake |
| 41% | NOBLER | 6 | "Whether 'tis ___ in the mind to suffer ... " (line from Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy) |
| 41% | LILACS | 6 | "When ___ Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," poem by Walt Whitman which is an elegy to Abraham Lincoln |
| 41% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Line of numbers from the top left to bottom right, in an algebraic matrix |
| 41% | DARKPARADISE | 12 | Lana Del Rey's song from her album, "Born to Die" which was also featured in an episode of "The Originals": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CSI | 3 | Drama that was the #1 show of the season from fall 2002 to spring 2005 |
| 41% | ODIN | 4 | Mythical figure who sacrificed an eye in order to drink from the well of knowledge |
| 41% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |
| 41% | SAMBAS | 6 | Dances from Brazil that were added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2005 |
| 40% | WILT | 4 | Chamberlain who is still the only person to ever score 100 points in an NBA game |
| 40% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 40% | TARPEIANROCK | 12 | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths |
| 40% | SPYFALL | 7 | Game in which one player tries to glean information from the other players without being caught |
| 40% | UPFOR | 5 | In the running to be |
| 40% | SPYHOP | 6 | Springing bounce in tall grasses, as by an animal, to view the surroundings |
| 40% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 40% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 40% | DAWES | 5 | American gymnast Dominique who was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics |
| 40% | IKEA | 4 | Furniture store that was the first company to show a gay couple in an American TV commercial |
| 39% | AHEADOFTHEGAME | 14 | In an advantageous position, or where both halves of the answers to 20-, 26-, and 44-Across can be placed? |
| 39% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 39% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |