| 100% | FUNSPONGE | 9 | Someone who sucks all the joy out of an event |
| 48% | FUNSPONGE | 9 | One who sucks the joy out of the room |
| 47% | SAPS | 4 | Sucks all the energy out of |
| 37% | MOTORMOUTH | 10 | Someone who talks all the time |
| 36% | EGOCENTRIC | 10 | Like someone who only has I's for you? ... or an apt description of the answers to starred clues |
| 34% | ASSASSIN | 8 | Someone who takes the lives of others |
| 34% | ASSESSOR | 8 | Someone who evaluates the quality of products |
| 34% | TIMING | 6 | The when of an event |
| 34% | SUNBATHER | 9 | Someone who lies out absorbing the solar rays |
| 34% | SKYDIVER | 8 | Someone who safely jumps out of a plane |
| 34% | SOCIALITE | 9 | Someone who attends a lot of social events |
| 33% | HALFWIT | 7 | Someone who is not all there, of lower intelligence |
| 33% | USER | 4 | Someone who carries out the action described in 2d |
| 33% | PROTESTER | 9 | Someone who speaks out on behalf of a cause |
| 33% | ESCAPER | 7 | Someone who breaks out of prison and gets away |
| 33% | ANTIPOPE | 8 | Someone who challenges the rule of the lawful pope |
| 33% | CANNIBAL | 8 | Someone who eats the flesh of another human being |
| 33% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | Someone who doubts the existence of a higher being |
| 33% | ABROAD | 6 | Out of the country, like an overseas study program |
| 33% | LARGEST | 7 | Like Jupiter, out of all the planets |
| 33% | RINSE | 5 | Get all the soap suds out of |
| 33% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 33% | PRUNE | 5 | Someone who just got out of a long bath, facetiously |
| 33% | REP | 3 | Someone who speaks on behalf of an organization, for short |
| 33% | ATHEIST | 7 | Someone who has no belief in the existence of gods |
| 33% | VIP | 3 | Someone who's not just one of the masses: Abbr. |
| 33% | GOODSPORT | 9 | Someone who can accept being the butt of a joke |
| 33% | MEATLOAF | 8 | The Bat Out of Hell singer who died in 2022 |
| 33% | GARDENER | 8 | Someone who tends to the landscaping of homes |
| 33% | DOER | 4 | Someone who believes in the power of action |