| 100% | IDOL | 4 | Something smashed by Abraham, in Jewish tradition |
| 41% | LEVIATHAN | 9 | Powerful sea serpent in Jewish tradition |
| 41% | TISHABAV | 8 | Day of mourning in Jewish tradition |
| 37% | SALTAIR | 7 | Something taken in by sailors |
| 36% | ELUL | 4 | Month in which Creation began, by tradition |
| 36% | LASSO | 5 | Something you might get roped in by |
| 35% | LEI | 3 | Necklaces sent by Abraham Akaka to Selma marchers in 1965 |
| 34% | GOLEM | 5 | In Jewish legend, an artificially created human being brought to life by supernatural means |
| 34% | MCL | 3 | Year in which Middle English began, by tradition |
| 34% | ARABS | 5 | Ones who grasp elbows in greeting, by tradition |
| 34% | TOUCHED | 7 | Emotionally affected by something, in a good way |
| 34% | LULL | 4 | EP released by Smashing Pumpkins in November 1991 |
| 33% | GOLEM | 5 | Artificially created human being in Jewish legend brought to life by supernatural means |
| 33% | ELBE | 4 | Something that will take you by all the banks in Wittenberg |
| 31% | KOSHER | 6 | Food produced in the Jewish tradition |
| 30% | IBRAHIM | 7 | Abraham in Arabic |
| 29% | TOPHAT | 6 | Something worn by the answer to each starred clue, as represented graphically in this puzzle's grid |
| 29% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | Neil Diamond song covered by Smash Mouth in the Mike Myers movie "Shrek" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | IMA | 3 | "___ Believer," song covered by Smash Mouth that was featured in the "Shrek" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 29% | IMABELIEVER | 11 | Neil Diamond song covered by Smash Mouth in the Mike Myers film "Shrek" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | BUSTLE | 6 | Smashed by the French activity |
| 28% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 28% | ASPEN | 5 | Panes smashed by tree |
| 27% | GOLEM | 5 | Robot, in Jewish legend |
| 27% | CANTOR | 6 | Singer in Jewish services |
| 27% | GOLEM | 5 | Figure in Jewish folklore |
| 27% | ASUSUAL | 7 | By tradition |
| 27% | LILACS | 6 | "When ___ Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," poem by Walt Whitman which is an elegy to Abraham Lincoln |
| 27% | ASPEN | 5 | Panes smashed by a tree |
| 27% | STOVE | 5 | Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln |