| 100% | THECHASE | 8 | Some people enjoy the thrill of this run |
| 50% | COFFEE | 6 | Some people need a big cup of this in the morning |
| 42% | STATEREPRESENTATIVES | 20 | Some legislators (or the theme of this puzzle?) |
| 41% | CLOWNS | 6 | Some people are scared of these; Pennywise is one |
| 40% | BRAS | 4 | Some of these fasten in the front |
| 40% | CALORIE | 7 | Some people read the labels of all the food they eat to count ___s |
| 39% | ONO | 3 | Yoko whom some people accused of breaking up the Beatles |
| 39% | RADISHES | 8 | Some of these veggies are the "daikon" type |
| 39% | MEEP | 4 | Some say the Road Runner makes this sound twice! |
| 39% | EXORCIST | 8 | This person will take the devil out of you |
| 39% | TEENAGERS | 9 | Ephebiphobia is the fear of these people |
| 39% | DENTISTS | 8 | Dentophobia is the fear of these people |
| 37% | PRINCESS | 8 | Any of the four people disturbed in this puzzle |
| 37% | NOTIT | 5 | What some people shout at the start of a game of tag: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OUT | 3 | "Sticking tongue ___," expression of the person in this emoticon :-P |
| 37% | GANDHI | 6 | Time magazine's Person of the Century runner-up, 1999 |
| 37% | BEHOLDER | 8 | Beauty is in the eye of this person |
| 37% | ADARS | 5 | Months when some people don't eat during the day of the Fast of Esther |
| 36% | MIXEDBAG | 8 | Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares |
| 36% | LATIN | 5 | With 71-Across, sort of person who might enjoy this puzzle? |
| 36% | NIGERIA | 7 | Yoruba people of this country birth the most twins |
| 36% | MUFFETMCGRAW | 12 | Coach of Notre Dame, the runner-up this past Tuesday: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FARMER | 6 | The 3 blind mice ran after this person's wife |
| 35% | CAPTAIN | 7 | This person is in command of the ship |
| 35% | DIETER | 6 | The less you see of this person the better |
| 35% | CHASE | 5 | Thrill of the ___ |
| 34% | JUMPERS | 7 | Some basketball shots ... and the theme of this puzzle |
| 34% | RAW | 3 | How some people enjoy cookie dough |
| 34% | COLD | 4 | How some people enjoy leftover pizza |
| 34% | WHODOESTHAT | 11 | "The nerve of some people!" |